Baggy Pants = Jail

[Tornado]

So worthy that it can only be happening in New Jersey (I kid, I kid.).

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, Georgia. And in Trenton, New Jersey, getting caught with your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but also 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."

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I wasn't aware dressing like a tool was the same thing as flashing people. I was going to post on how civil liberties and whatnot are being infringed (and in a very silly way), but I'm sure others can express that better than I can. Let me just say that this is the silliest piece of legislation I have heard of from recent memory.

 

[TopHat]

Uh-huh.... Lets control what people can and cannot wear in public. Thats totally constitutional.

 

[V1P3R]

Oh... Saggy not baggy. Yeah I'm all for it. Hell... I don't even know how these guy walk around.

 

[Philly]

Where is the line between "Saggy n' Baggy" and not? Is there one?

I guess it could be indecent exposure, but again, where is the line? A girl either has a top or doesn't. It's not the same for bagginess. You can find everything between pants around the ankles and pulled up to you chin.

Does it count if the shirt covers? What if you wear a small shirt and drop the waist a little bit so you can see a little boxer? Is that showing underwear or sagging? Which one is illegal?

Anyway, I think these guys will weed themselves out. They disadvantage themselves. Have you seem them try to run? They stand no chance against cops chasing them.

 

[Slicks]

Quick, someone tell Bee!


As far as the law goes, I think you should be able to dress however the hell you want. If you can see it at a pool, then it's good enough for the public streets. IMHO, that is.

 

[TopHat]

Quick, someone tell Bee!

OMFG. I lol'd so hard I woke up my sister!

 

[MistaX]

Entirely agree with this ban. It's not girls that wear this stuff, it's fat guys.

Seriously no one wants to see that.

 

[Azuremen]

LOL mistaX

Seriously, I generally have no problem with what people wear... but when the pants are below their crotch and the boxers are really the only thing preventing indecent exposure, its just a bit too much.

 

[McLaren]

Quick, someone tell Bee!


As far as the law goes, I think you should be able to dress however the hell you want. If you can see it at a pool, then it's good enough for the public streets. IMHO, that is.

What pool are you going to where you can see everyone's dirty underwear? There's a difference between swim trunks and someone's boxers dude.

I'm glad Texas is considering this ban. I'm sick of seeing people's d*mn underwear when I'm out on the town, esp. when I'm eating in a restaurant.

The hilarious thing is that all the theories about where saggy pants came from are bad, not gangsta. I know 1 suggests it originated from prison and meant you were either gay, or someone's b*tch.

 

[Sakiale]

I'm not going to Atlanta anymore. They've banned girls showing thong straps.


Come to California, where all the slutty high school girls have thongs hanging out their a*s!

 

[Loon]

A line needs to be drawn as to whats acceptable. Baggy pants IMO shouldn't illegal, but sagging those baggy pants is what they should control.

Plus if they get rid of baggy pants then that only leaves tight pants, and I'm sure you don't want to see some big guy wearing extra tight pants either...

 

[V1P3R]

Baggy pants IMO shouldn't illegal, but sagging those baggy pants is what they should control.

That's what I don't get and I don't understand why "baggy" is included.

 

[niky]

While I don't like seeing bare buttocks, what's wrong with boxers?

Next thing you know, we can't show our belly buttons in public... ...damn, am I fat or what?

 

[McLaren]

I'm not going to Atlanta anymore. They've banned girls showing thong straps.

It fits the same principle. They're showing their underwear.

Come to California, where all the slutty high school girls have thongs hanging out their a*s!

Because every man is excited to see slutty 17 year old ass, right?

That's what I don't get and I don't understand why "baggy" is included.

Sagging usually happens because they are baggy. Of course, that's 1 of the reasons belts are sold in clothing stores.

 

[TheCracker]

Britney best not visit home anytime soon!

 

[Danoff]

Whether or not you enjoy seeing this particular style of dress is completely irrelevant. We're talking about law here, and there has to be a damn good reason to infringe on someone's freedom to dress themselves.

I don't see one here.

Edit: Gives literal meaning to the term "Fashion Police".

 

[Stevisiov]

Its absolutly ridiculous, while I don't particularly enjoy looking at other peoples boxers, i really couldn't care if they do or, do not understand the functionality of a belt. Like has been said previously, if you see it at a beach, or in the pool, then it is not indecent exposure, and to think this could be followed up with 5 months and a £250 fine just makes me laugh, it really is that stupid.

 

[Duke]

Whether or not you enjoy seeing this particular style of dress is completely irrelevant. We're talking about law here, and there has to be a damn good reason to infringe on someone's freedom to dress themselves.

I don't see one here.

I don't want to see anyone's buttcrack unless we've been introduced.

 

[Omnis]

Baggin Saggin Barry says: http://bagginsaggin.ytmnd.com/

 

[Danoff]

I don't want to see anyone's buttcrack unless we've been introduced.

Me neither. But I don't think it should be illegal.

 

[McLaren]

Its absolutly ridiculous, while I don't particularly enjoy looking at other peoples boxers, i really couldn't care if they do or, do not understand the functionality of a belt. Like has been said previously, if you see it at a beach, or in the pool, then it is not indecent exposure, and to think this could be followed up with 5 months and a £250 fine just makes me laugh, it really is that stupid.

If I can shoot a gun at a gun range, why can't I shoot it anywhere else? If I can play loud music in a club, why can't I play it out in the streets?

Because you just can't. People find it offensive.

 

[TopHat]

But people find everything offensive.

 

[McLaren]

But people find everything offensive.

But not always the majority.
This is 1 of those deals were that ol' saying comes in.
"Majority rules."

And in this case, the majority doesn't want to see your nasty underwear.

 

[nk4e]

I

Come to California, where all the slutty high school girls have thongs hanging out their a*s!

Don't you mean Impregnated girls?

 

[Sakiale]

No.

 

[Sage]

But not always the majority.
This is 1 of those deals were that ol' saying comes in.
"Majority rules."

And in this case, the majority doesn't want to see your nasty underwear.

You might want to read Danoff’s signature.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Because every man is excited to see slutty 17 year old ass, right?

Well, of course, it's a lot more exciting than seeing a slutty 56 year old ass, but each to his own I guess.

 

[Tornado]

And in this case, the majority doesn't want to see your nasty underwear.

Correction: Idiot lawmakers don't want to see it, probably as a distraction. I'm sure there are more pressing government and societal problems in every single one of those areas with these laws that is more important than saggy pants. But passing laws over it makes it so they can take peoples minds away from those issues.
Remember:
Step 1: Pants.
Step 2: Communism.

 

[Famine]

Correction: Idiot lawmakers don't want to see it, probably as a distraction. I'm sure there are more pressing government and societal problems in every single one of those areas with these laws that is more important than saggy pants. But passing laws over it makes it so they can take peoples minds away from those issues.
Remember:
Step 1: Pants.
Step 2: Communism.

I thought it was:
Step 1 - Pants
Step 2 - ?
Step 3 - Profit


Anyway, this is ridiculous. Let (by which I mean "Stay out of it" rather than "permit") people wear whatever they want. It's no business of legislators to decide what is and isn't acceptable clothing and it's a colossal waste of money (your money) and time.

 

[Touring Mars]

I was walking into work this morning and there was a chap standing at a bus stop, with his jeans approx. 5 inches below his natural waistline. You could clearly see the curvature of his buttocks, and I have to say, it was not a pretty sight. It didn't look 'cool', it really did just look like a cry for help - or a belt. I can understand the youth of today following fashion - but this guy was atleast the same age as me... just sad!