So, the tears of an angry little lady don't really bother me. I think most of us here are able to accept the fact that the next of kin always grieve for their lost ones and some do it in a respectable fashion, others throw a tantrum and go all crazy. But one word when used off the cuff does really grate on me and that is bloodlining.

This term is very strong, to use it without proper knowledge of what you speak is entirely ignorant. To use it with that knowledge when talking about actions that aren't a part of said bloodlining is beyond ignorant, its reckless and idiotic.

So I thought to myself. Maybe those around the streets right now are so much away from real bloodlining that they think they know what they are talking about. Perhaps they feel that the killing of threats over and over because that bloodline remains a threat, constitutes bloodlining.

So I thought i'd come out here and ask you all as a community, not just the next of kin looking to blame people for their deaths, but the entire community.. what do you perceive bloodlining to be? Have you had family experience bloodlining and wish to share the details as an example to those around us?

There is one period of bloodlining that a member of my family was part of long ago and when I think of those days I still feel annoyed that a member of my bloodlining sat and did nothing for a long time before finally acting to help stop the powers that were. It wasn't really through choice that my family did nothing, simply they weren't in a powerful enough position to act, or they could and then die quickly but that would help no-one.

I'd really hate to see such acts become common place, so when baseless accusations are launched I always ask for examples. I guess the person that sparked this question from me couldn't provide any answers, so i'll ask the entire community instead.. Do YOU feel there is bloodlining? WHO is being bloodlined and by whom?

I'm genuinely interested in the serious answers. I will ignore baseless accusations.

It happens, it's rampant. Most definitely not just to my own bloodline.

I've had my say elsewhere on my own case. So as much as I'd like to have a little rant here, I still love this world enough (despite it's unforgiving inhabitants) to not repeat what I've said in another speech.

I lost nothing silly boy. i knew better than to vest into this place. i was told ahead of time what to expect out of this regime. they lived up to the word on the street. you dont want to hear anything. u just want to boost street presence and vison. not going to help.

I guess it comes down to where you draw the line. To me, allowing someone to live for 107 days, attain the rank of Don and lead a family before killing them doesn't amount to "bloodlining" given the longevity of life that has been permitted whilst the tools for his removal existed all along. The term also implies, to me, persistent, baseless hunting over a sustained period of time. Is that what happened here? I'm not sure.

And, I should probably add, I have no actual knowledge as to whether KevinOwens was killed for the actions of a predecessor or not, I'm just operating upon that assumption for the purpose of this discussion. 

As to the bigger picture, is there persistent, baseless hunting of specific individual family trees? I doubt it. There might be a few opportunistic "this guy is a dick" shots, but more than that actually takes quite a lot of effort so I'm dubious as to whether that's going on.