Its About Time...

[Hellion]

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DALLAS -- Dallas school board member Ron Price has a message: Pull up your pants.

Price wants the City Council to make low-riding pants illegal.

He said it's dishonorable and disgusting to see grown men walking around with their underwear showing.

Council members have asked the city attorney to look into the issue. But legal experts said it may be impossible to outlaw low-hanging jeans. One constitutional law professor asked, "How baggy is too baggy?"

Price said banning saggy slacks might be the only way to get children to pull up their pants.

A look around school campuses leaves some wondering just how low baggy pants can go.

"Pull them up. That's just my first thought," parent Shalonda Alexander said.

Alexander said it is embarrassing to see children wearing pants so low that their underwear shows.

"It just doesn't present a good image," she said.

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Price agrees and said he has had enough.

"It's something wrong when we say it's OK for people to walk around our city with their underwear showing," he said.

Price said he would ask the Dallas City Council to make it illegal to wear the baggy pants by either drawing up a new ordinance or by adding the ban to an existing ordinance related to public lewdness.

"If all citizens, regardless of race or gender, understand in the city of Dallas we refuse to let you walk around with pants showing your buttocks, that's a message for all people," he said.

Price did not say how the ban would be enforced if it did become law.

IMO,these people need to know what its like to be harassed especially for being someone that they are not.

and I think other people are also tired of seeing underwear and crack.

hey I dont push my lifestyle on anyone,they should not either,hearing gangsta rap blaring at 3 am is BS.

[creatureofthenyte]

I support this law; Say No to crack!

[SuZQZ]

At my daughter's middle school they stated during the orientation that pants that reveal underwear &/or buttcracks will be handled with zip-ties they have stocked in the office. That's for the first offense. The second offense will result in the parents being called to come in to the school to meet with the assistant principal before taking their child home to change. I'm not sure what the next occurances yield. I'm for it. I have no problem with self expression, but I don't want my kid staring at buttcracks and boxers all day. If I wanted her to see that, I'd show her a Playgirl

[know_buddy_kares]

See now I'm torn between the two issues, as someone who thinks that this police nation has too many stupid fuckin laws already and trying to dictate how someone cannot dress is just crossing every line i can imagine......(but on the other hand)

I can see why these baggy pants are bringing this up. Someone really should tell them that wearing pants like that are a sign in prisons that you are a bitch (ie, you are willing and ready to take it up the ass as charity for prisoner's morale)

Honestly, I say we don't need rules to say no, it'll only encourage them that they're representing their immage as "outlaws" or whatever...

Instead, it should be a legal activity to throw eggs at these stupid fuckstains. Open eggin season I say...

Yet this is the real world, not the common sense world, so who the fuck knows how humanity will cluster fuck this.

[Hellion]

iMO,these idiots harass other people that dont look like them,they have ruined the image of sports bars,and always blast their annoying music so everyone can hear it,I never see goth people,metal heads,or others that are respectful do this bs,its their fault for why this is happening,no one else is to blame.the only thing I do not like is that this could be applied to others as well,I basically do not agree 100%.we shall see what happens next.

[Dubh Aingeal]

Baggy pants outlawed in Louisiana town

Posted Jun 13th 2007

Back when I was in junior high, and baggy pants were cool, I remember adults used to hate the way they sagged halfway down our "backsides." However, beyond complaining, there wasn't much they could do about it.

But one town in South Louisiana has just changed all that, by making sagging, baggy pants against the law. Now, in the town of Delcambre, you can be fined $500 or face 6 months if your underwear is showing.

The state already has laws against indecency laws that prohibit exposed private parts, so it's not like the concept is completely out of left field. That said, this new law seems to take the concept to a ridiculous extreme.

So, for those of you that still wear pants that hang off your butt, let this be a warning. Steer clear of Delcambre, or you might get picked up by the fashion police.

Baggy Pants: Outlawed in Atlanta?

If Legislation Is Passed, Men in Atlanta Will Have to Pull up Their Pants or Pay up

Is new legislation in Atlanta about baggy pants or is it a race issue? (ABC News)From GMA Aug. 24, 2007

The fashion police are cracking down in Atlanta. The city council is considering an amendment to ban baggy pants, but critics argue the legislation is a crackdown on culture, not clothes.

Back when he was known as rapper "Marky Mark," actor Mark Wahlberg helped make baggy jeans and exposed underwear cool. It was a trend celebrated by fashion designers Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, just to name a couple.

But today, not everyone thinks they're so cool. In Atlanta, where the look is just about everywhere, the city council is now considering an amendment to public decency laws, which would make it a crime to wear baggy pants.

"It's ridiculous. People should have the right to wear their clothes how they want to wear their clothes," said one Atlanta man.

Atlanta City Councilman C.T. Martin said he's tired of seeing kids and young black men wearing their pants down around their knees. His ordinance would make exposed underwear no different than sex in public.

"It kind of doesn't make sense. It is hard for people to walk," Martin said.

And the councilman has plenty of supporters.

"[There] should be a law against it. I think they should be arrested. They should be fined," said Atlanta resident Beverly Thomas.

But the American Civil Liberties Union has stepped in, arguing that, among other things, this new legislation is racial profiling.

"Is it distasteful? Maybe. Does it need to be legislated? We don't think so," said Benetta Standly of the ACLU of Georgia.

This wouldn't be the first city to pass such a law. In Louisiana, there are several cities where residents can be fined up to $500 for showing the world their Calvins.

[Joey Deadcat]

And while they're at it BAN THOSE DAMN BAGGY PANTS WITH BONDAGE BUCKLES ON 'EM as well.

[Scary Guy]

And while they're at it BAN THOSE DAMN BAGGY PANTS WITH BONDAGE BUCKLES ON 'EM as well.

But then what will BlutBengel use as weapons?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYZEDfE2Jsc I don't speak a word of German but you can get it just from watching I think.

Mo gets total credit for finding me this btw.

[Hellion]

This video just killed me,LMAO!!!

so true,LOL!!

[Falstaff]

Out of all the boards I post at, I figured this one would be the one that would be against any law dictating how someone dresses.

Hm. Imagine my surprise.

[maeve]

"His ordinance would make exposed underwear no different than sex in public"

This is just one of the problems with this ordinace and is also a primary arguement against it. They have been debating the law for a while now (2-3 months I believe) because the way it is worded would also make it a crime if a woman's bra strap is showing.

This has the potential to get way out of hand beyond the obvious spaggetti strap shirt with a bra under it, so you see two straps on each shoulder thing. This could also affect someone who is wearing a tank top and their strap slides down on their shoulder. It may also affect women who are breast feeding. The possibilities are endless. How much underwear showage is too much? Quick let me get the ruler out and see if you're in violation. What happens if your underwear shows when you sit down?

Sorry people, I have to agree with the people who are set against it. I think it's an infrigment on a person's personal choice and will inevitably fall into the realm of racial profiling, and the backlash will end up with some woman somewhere getting arrested because she wants to wear a sexy looking thin strapped top, but still wants to wear a bra under it, and god forbid her bra strap is showing.

Personally, I don't like seeing it either. I think it's quite silly really but...I remember the mid sixties when people actually talked of out lawing long hair on men. This is a bad law. We're taking a step backward here.

Haven't we given up enough of our civil rights already without being told how to dress?

[Shade Everdark]

I am against this law/rule/ordinance, but I am also against pants that baggy.

Luckily I can do both at the same time.

Ask me to walk and chew gum together, though, and I might have some problems....