Talk:Jack Manion

"Tongs"
Chinese Americans I've talked to have pretty consistently distinguished (at least in talking about the present day) between "tongs" (which they see as essentially criminal enterprises) and "family/benevolent" associations (which they do not). I'm sure that the lines have been kown to be blurry; this article suggests that the terms are interchangeable. Can anyone elaborate on this? -- Jmabel | Talk 02:25, 14 January 2006 (UTC)