Civility in politics is not simply political confectionery.

To their credit, the regime accepted its inevitable loss with remarkable grace. At three p.m. on the day after the vote, Jaruzelski summoned top party officials.

With due respect to H.E. Mr. Atoki Ileka, his right of reply went beyond the bounds of civility.

They even gather together in such groups as the Counter Vandalism Unit Civility, Maturity, Responsibility to just clean up the pages.

While Obama would likely restore civility and politeness to transatlantic discourse, the sources of friction are more profound.

At a personal level, I am also afraid that Lugar s defeat may be the end of an era of enormously attractive and distinctive civility in the way that America s most senior legislators conducted themselves.

Chirac himself has orchestrated his departure with a grace, presenting himself in the best possible light with personal confidences and public speeches.

Civility in politics is not simply political confectionery. A leader who respects his or her opponents is more likely to earn respect himself than one who doubts their patriotism and resents their criticism.

The civility laws, originating in the late 1980s and early 1990s, provide an example of the usage of this latter aspect of the Broken Windows Theory as legitimization for discriminating against individuals considered disorderly in order to increase the sense of security in urban spaces.

These civility laws effectively criminalize activities considered undesirable, such as sitting or lying on sidewalks, sleeping in parks, urinating or drinking in public, and begging, in an attempt to force the individuals doing these and other activities to relocate to the margins of society.