C262 To do something that you don't want to do
Knowing what you can't do is probably the specialty of every gangster.
There were some things that they clearly knew they couldn't do, or even couldn't do, but they still did it.
Doing something would lead to trouble, and it might even lead to his own death. But what if he didn't do it?
Perhaps outsiders would never understand how important face and dignity were to a mafia