Pull your pants up!

[TruckDriver]

Just in my opinion, well and my girlfriends........ IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME someone does something about this. I mean, everyone on this board at one time in their life has dressed in a goofy laughable way, including me. But I really don't care to see what kind of underwear you are wearing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070916/ap_on_fe_st/saggy_britches_3;_ylt=AiZZSyNmgrn7ps9qf8tBHegE1vAI

"Cities cracking down on saggy pants

TRENTON, N.J. - It's a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle — low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail.

Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up in several places. At the extreme end, wearing pants low enough to show boxers or bare buttocks in one small Louisiana town means six months in jail and a $500 fine. A crackdown also is being pushed in Atlanta. And in Trenton, getting caught with your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but a city worker assessing where your life is headed.

"Are they employed? Do they have a high school diploma? It's a wonderful way to redirect at that point," said Trenton Councilwoman Annette Lartigue, who is drafting a law to outlaw saggy pants. "The message is clear: We don't want to see your backside."

The bare-your-britches fashion is believed to have started in prisons, where inmates aren't given belts with their baggy uniform pants to prevent hangings and beatings. By the late 80s, the trend had made it to gangster rap videos, then went on to skateboarders in the suburbs and high school hallways.

"For young people, it's a form of rebellion and identity," Adrian "Easy A.D." Harris, 43, a founding member of the Bronx's legendary rap group Cold Crush Brothers. "The young people think it's fashionable. They don't think it's negative."

But for those who want to stop them see it as an indecent, sloppy trend that is a bad influence on children.

"It has the potential to catch on with elementary school kids, and we want to stop it before it gets there," said C.T. Martin, an Atlanta councilman. "Teachers have raised questions about what a distraction it is."

In Atlanta, a law has been introduced to ban sagging and punishment could include small fines or community work — but no jail time, Martin said.

The penalty is stiffer in Delcambre, La., where in June the town council passed an ordinance that carries a fine of up to $500 or six months in jail for exposing underwear in public. Several other municipalities and parish governments in Louisiana have enacted similar laws in recent months.

At Trenton hip-hop clothing store Razor Sharp Clothing Shop 4 Ballers, shopper Mark Wise, 30, said his jeans sag for practical reasons.

"The reason I don't wear tight pants is because it's easier to get money out of my pocket this way," Wise said. "It's just more comfortable."

Shop owner Mack Murray said Trenton's proposed ordinance unfairly targets blacks.

"Are they going to go after construction workers and plumbers, because their pants sag, too?" Murray asked. "They're stereotyping us."

The American Civil Liberties Union agrees.

"In Atlanta, we see this as racial profiling," said Benetta Standly, statewide organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. "It's going to target African-American male youths. There's a fear with people associating the way you dress with crimes being committed."
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[pettyfan43]

with ALL the goofy CRAP going on in the world right now, these city councils have nothing better to do than worry about some kid who wants to look like a convict looking for love! Let these idiot thug wannabes learn the hard way that if they want to do something in life other than asking if you wnat fries with that or if you want the medium or large drink, they will have to dress like they have some intelligence!

If they want to look like a moron LET EM! I have seen these people walk around and try to carry a couple bags and they struggle because they think they look "cool" and they have to walk around holding their pants up!

Let em struggle, Sooner or later they will figure it out!  GEEZ find something worth worrying about! 

Don't ya just LOVE how your tax dollars are spent?

[69bronzeT5]

wow another dumb law. Did anyone here about Pennsylvania where they have a ban on cars with a hood scoop that is higher than 2"?? People cant get plates for their car if the hood scoop is like that. They means A12 Bees/ RRs and a bunch of other Mopars. Man, you guys in the US have some dumb laws

[skip68]

I think the key word is CRACK 

"Cities cracking down on saggy pants                                                                                                                                                                                                          Why can't we just leave them alone?  The only goals they have in life is to live long enough and stay out of jail long enough to get some F-'d up $3,000 wheels on a F-'d up $1,500 car and some $200 shoes and then cruise the Ghetto with the bass thump'in.  Yes that's right, THE GHETTO. Because they are the king of the hood.  (That's like saying you're the smartest one in a retarded class)  Wait, I've got more.   (That's like saying I'm the best looking girl in the trailer park)    I mean, com'on. Just who are these guy's trying to impress? ? ? If they live like or in the ghetto you can't go down in life any more unless you live in a box by the train tracks.      And we all know these guy's pay for all the clothes and wheels and stereo's ect. ect. with hard earned cash.       Sorry guy's if I got off track but I've seen alot of this crap since I've been here in Tn.  Chuck....

[Mike DC]

 
IMHO this issue is relevant to the schools.  I don't wanna see personal style squashed, but they definitely have a right to set some limits once it gets distracting. 

(But I'm still strongly against any school-assigned uniforms.  Uniform dress codes help influence the social dynamic away from acceptance & diversity and towards a stricter popularity-pecking-order.  When everyone is dressed the same it really forces more attention onto exactly who is better-looking than whom, and it also squashes personality styles from showing themselves.  School-aged kids don't need any more of these issues than there already are.)

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The baggy pants thing sounds like a good idea to enforce people from showing booty-cracks.  Past that, it sounds like just another way to selectively prosecute the lower social classes for what is socially accepted as normal.  (You never see laws against $2400 women's handbags to discourage muggings.)

The skin has to be covered in certain areas.  After that, the law should butt out about how it's being done.  Underwear, outer-wear . . . what's the difference anymore, legally speaking?  Madonna was showing underwear on the outside 20 years ago and we didn't put girls in jail over it. 

 

[TK73]

I mean, everyone on this board at one time in their life has dressed in a goofy laughable way

I just hope I have the only prints (and the negatives were burned) of me in that stupid mid 80's crap...

DISCLAIMER: borrowed "stupid mid 80's crap".

[68chrgrwife]

Well it is NJ!!  Nuff said

[bordin34]

Well it is NJ!!  Nuff said

Are you saying something is wrong with NJ? 

[Mean 318]

wow... must not be a lot going on in NJ these days!

[Silver R/T]

dont like it either, but I don't like wedgy-cowboy looking tight ass jeans either.

[Old Moparz]

I think jail time should depend on who wears the saggy pants. There was a woman in her mid 20's from a temp agency in my office who wore her pants pretty low one day. Low enough so that 5 or 6 inches of the top portion of her black thong that she had on were clearly visible. They needed her to help cover the phones & sat her by the fax machine. I had thought she was nice, & also nice looking, & when I had to send a fax, I noticed the thong. 

I sent A LOT of faxes that day, & sometimes just faxes asking if they got my fax. 

[Orange_Crush]

dont like it either, but I don't like wedgy-cowboy looking tight ass jeans either.

Suuuuuure you don't.

[Mean 318]

dont like it either, but I don't like wedgy-cowboy looking tight ass jeans either.

Suuuuuure you don't.

[TruckDriver]

I think jail time should depend on who wears the saggy pants. There was a woman in her mid 20's from a temp agency in my office who wore her pants pretty low one day. Low enough so that 5 or 6 inches of the top portion of her black thong that she had on were clearly visible. They needed her to help cover the phones & sat her by the fax machine. I had thought she was nice, & also nice looking, & when I had to send a fax, I noticed the thong. 

I sent A LOT of faxes that day, & sometimes just faxes asking if they got my fax. 

I see you followed her to the break room durring lunch too

[68chrgrwife]

Well it is NJ!!  Nuff said

Are you saying something is wrong with NJ? 

I was born and raised there so nothing wrong with NJ, but they ahve the dumbest laws in the books.

[Plumcrazy]

wow another dumb law. Did anyone here about Pennsylvania where they have a ban on cars with a hood scoop that is higher than 2"?? People cant get plates for their car if the hood scoop is like that. They means A12 Bees/ RRs and a bunch of other Mopars. Man, you guys in the US have some dumb laws

Any car with an original hood scoop would be exempt from that rule but nobody pays any attention to it anyway..  I see cars all the time with scoops higher than 2 inches.

[GTX]

I'm technically far too high here with the blower and carbs and no scoop. Never had a problem though. I think it's because I'm not a teenager too. Back in the 80's  when I ran a tunnel ram I got hassled all the time.

Personally I think it's dumb to pass a law about pants but the pants thing has gone too far and gotten to be obscene in some cases. When people can't legislate themselves the state will do it for them.

wow another dumb law. Did anyone here about Pennsylvania where they have a ban on cars with a hood scoop that is higher than 2"?? People cant get plates for their car if the hood scoop is like that. They means A12 Bees/ RRs and a bunch of other Mopars. Man, you guys in the US have some dumb laws

Any car with an original hood scoop would be exempt from that rule but nobody pays any attention to it anyway..  I see cars all the time with scoops higher than 2 inches.

[70charger_boy]

Personally, I can't stand and don't understand the baggy pants fad.  Then again, people had a hard time with the beatles.  I personally can't stand suits.  New Jersey politicians need to make anti-corruption laws before making this stupid crap.  They should also try and justify the high taxes and polluted waters. 

[Charger_Fan]

The kid across the street just started doing that this year when school started, I think he's 13. Sooo...he's in his front yard the other day, trying to show off his new look to the neighbors (looking around a lot to see if anyone's looking back), there were a few other people outside at the time.
He caught me glancing his way, so I said really loudly "hey Justin, how's life as an underwear model goin' for ya?" A few people laughed at that, he got embarrassed & went inside.


As much as I dislike the droopy-drawyers fashion statement, I dislike the 'gauged earring' statement even more. At least the droopy pants crowd can pull 'em up, those other losers can't really hide their bad choices so easily.
I was in the grocery store the other day & the cashier guy who was ringing me up had gauged ears...presumably to meet with store dress code, he took out the hoops. So there I am, staring at these loose flaps of flesh hanging from his ears, with jagged, not-so-round holes just above, showing at least 3/4 inch of daylight.
Absolutely friggin' moronic.
I had no witty thought for that one.

[Old Moparz]

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A great idea for baggy pants, increase your storage capacity.
"The Butt Organizer"      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_u4CAL5sQ   

[The70RT]

It makes me laugh when they wear them like that. I work at a school and always tell them does daddy know your wearing his pants or if we have a real fire and you run and fall you will be trampled . Plus when they go to steal something they only have one hand to carry it so maybe they don't steal as much is the only good thing.