I think you missed the whole point of the busing riots. Folks weren't in the streets throwing rocks and bottles at police in football helmets because their kids just had to ride a bus. The point of the anger and outrage was where their children were being bussed to. From Middletown to Shawnee, from Fairdale to the frozen tundra of Flaget`. I wouldn't have cared if my kid had to ride a bus for an hour a day if they were being taken to a better school but kids from good school districts were being