WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BASIC COURTESY & URBAN CIVILITY?

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Sunday, June 21, 1992

I note that upon last Sunday's victory by the Chicago Bulls in the NBA championship series, the streets of Chicago erupted in rioting and civil disorder. Perhaps the usual liberal commentators and other media bubbleheads will come forward to instruct us on how we must "understand" the "rage" felt by these thugs and lawbreakers, as they did after the Los Angeles riots.

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