Ihategoing tofunerals, but you mustobservethe decencies(= it is something you should do).
One of the decencies heshowedthem was toensurethat they gothomesafelyeachnight.
They haverejectedthe decencies andformalitiesof atriedandtestedsystemofgovernmentandreplacedit withtheirownrules.
These decencies must beprotected, notdestroyed.
None of the decencies has beenobserved.