Culture of Death

I think most New Yorkers are aware that Giuliani is a vindictive prick, but few probably realize just how unhinged his tenure as mayor was. I certainly had no idea it had gotten this bad:

"There were constant loyalty tests: 'Will you shoot your brother?' " said Marilyn Gelber, who served as environmental commissioner under Mr. Giuliani.

[me again] Holy fucking shit. I guess I knew, on an intellectual level, that you didn't want to fuck with Giuliani, but this is ridiculous.

[UPDATE: Man oh man is this a sloppy article. Here are two examples:

"his toughness edged toward ruthlessnessand became a defining aspect..."

"Mr. Giuliani retails his stories of childhood toughness"

And that's just from the first page. I mean, I think the Times basically ought to be alerting the world to what a nutjob Giuliani is, but let's not let our zeal get in the way of basic copy-editing.]