BOB DOLE'S VIOLENT REACTION

BOB DOLE'S BROADSIDE AGAINST SEX AND VIOLENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE SETS OFF A FURIOUS DEBATE ON RESPONSIBILITY

Care to see the chief theater of operations in the culture wars? Just take a stroll through the Sherman Oaks Galleria, a twinkling mall in California's San Fernando Valley. This is where the great outpouring of pop culture comes to market, a market that caters to all the moods of the American disposition, from moonglow to bloodlust. At Sam Goody's, the chain record store, the CD bins are stuffed with amiable releases by Hootie and the Blowfish and Boyz II Men. But they also hold the gangsta rap of Bloods and Crips and Tupac Shakur. Nearby, at the Time Out video...

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