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Not to derail the thread, after this post lets take this to many of the "Wire" threads. His behavior was subjective, according to who's point-of-view you see it from.Nomad, Stringer was a snake tho. Unless you cool with those traits and characterize that at "real" iono potna.
Stringer never killed anyone that didn't deserve to die, many likable characters were more snake that Stringer. Stringer kept the bloodshed to a minimum and money was his concern. Avon approved of the D'Angelo hit after it was disclosed to him, D'Angelo's own mother approved of Stringer smashing Donette, and when I was younger I used to think that Wallace didn't deserve to die, truth is he HAD to die. Wallace knew the rules and it was a hard pill to swallow to see a child killed, but Omar lost a boyfriend because of Wallace's drop. Stringer's business mgmt fundamentals made MORE money that Avon's brand of distribution, and there was less killing. In season 3 it's evident Stringer kept the Barksdale ship afloat for years. You cannot blame him for wanting to put his hardheaded friend behind bars for a few more years while he generated enough money to leave the game alone for good. This is what McNulty was trying to explain to Avon by showing him Stringer dime'd him out.
Stringer was no snake, just very pragmatic.
Won't dereail. You have your POV, I have mine. Carry on.