Growing rudeness is a sign of the times

An article in the Sacramento Bee on a video that ran before Sacramento's basketball home opener against Detroit that showed a disparaging view of the City of Detroit, including burned out cars, dilapidated building and garbage-filled streets quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who says the video "is a sign of the times in general. It has become more and more acceptable to be rude and insulting and talk trash. People have lost control of any kind of civility." Go to article.