U.S. Town Banes Saggy Pants

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**WarOne**

So...

"Appearing in public view while exposing one's skin or undergarments below the waist is contrary to safety, health, peace and good order of the parish and the general welfare," according to the ordinance.

No bare feet and swimming trousers, much less skirts or shorts?

And this gem...

WWLTV reports that the local NAACP chapter wholeheartedly agreed with the ban . Jerome Boykin, the group's president, declared, “There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants. This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue, this is a people issue... Young men who were in prison who wanted to have sex with other men would send a signal to another man with his pants below his waist.”

Saggy Pants equals soliciting others to have sex with them?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9994539/Saggy-trousers-banned-from-US-town.html

The Parish Council overwhelmingly passed an ordinance last week that will impose fines for anyone who wear trousers below the waist that exposes their underwear.

First time offenders will be fined $50 (£32.60). If you are caught with low hanging trousers twice, the fine is doubled, and if you are cited a third time, you are fined $100 and ordered to do 16 hours of community services.

"Appearing in public view while exposing one's skin or undergarments below the waist is contrary to safety, health, peace and good order of the parish and the general welfare," according to the ordinance.

John Navy, a parish councilman introduced the measure, told Fox news: "I've seen extreme measures where they're actually holding their pants almost by their knees, holding it up and you see undergarments and other things.

He said he had received complaints from church and neighbourhood watch groups.

Jerome Boykin, president of the Terrebonne NAACP, expressed support for the law at a public hearing before the vote.

"There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants," he said. "This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue, this is a people issue."

The ordinance will now pass to the town president, who will sign it into law if he supports it.

In 2011, saggy trousers were banned on some buses in the state of Texas.

The look, which has been around for more than a decade, traces its roots to prison attire. It spread to the rap and hip-hop music community.

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/component/k2/item/408181-baggy-pants-law-will-fine-offenders-in-louisiana-town-huffington-post-huffington-post

Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish passed an ordinance this week to ban saggy pants in public . Their council voted 8-1 to pass the proposition despite divergent opinions in the community.

Offenders will be fined $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second offense and $100 plus 16 hours of mandatory community service for the third offense. A judge will determine the punishment for any further violations.

WWLTV reports that the local NAACP chapter wholeheartedly agreed with the ban . Jerome Boykin, the group's president, declared, “There is nothing positive about people wearing saggy pants. This is not a black issue, this is not a white issue, this is a people issue... Young men who were in prison who wanted to have sex with other men would send a signal to another man with his pants below his waist.”

Community resident Ida Moore disagreed at the council meeting: “It’s certainly not

**generalgrog**

Its about time!

Hopefully this will start a trend.

GG

**Albatross**

...of ridiculous 50s-style authoritarianism and social conformity?

I hope not.

**Frazzled**

I'm ok with banning saggy pants. White guys trying to imitate a fashion started in jail because belts are removed is stupid and low class.

Taze them until they learn the error of their ways.

**djones520**

Frazzled wrote:
I'm ok with banning saggy pants. White guys trying to imitate a fashion started in jail because belts are removed is stupid and low class.

Taze them until they learn the error of their ways.

I've heard that it was started in jail, as a way to show that you were willing to be buggered.

Anyone know if there is truth in that?

**WarOne**

djones520 wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
I'm ok with banning saggy pants. White guys trying to imitate a fashion started in jail because belts are removed is stupid and low class.

Taze them until they learn the error of their ways.

I've heard that it was started in jail, as a way to show that you were willing to be buggered.

Anyone know if there is truth in that?

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp

Short version: False.

**djones520**

WarOne wrote:
djones520 wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
I'm ok with banning saggy pants. White guys trying to imitate a fashion started in jail because belts are removed is stupid and low class.

Taze them until they learn the error of their ways.

I've heard that it was started in jail, as a way to show that you were willing to be buggered.

Anyone know if there is truth in that?

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp

Short version: False.

Makes more sense, but still baffles the mind that a nation wide clothing trend came about because of people in prison. Just another reason I have a hard time finding anything positive that the "hip-hop" culture has provided to society.

**Steve steveson**

Could be worse. The UK equivelent is tucking your tracksuit in to your (preferably white) socks...

**SagesStone**

Albatross wrote:
...of ridiculous 50s-style authoritarianism and social conformity?

I hope not.

Sounds like they could make a movie about it.

**purplefood**

This seems like a particularly odd act...

**Frazzled**

djones520 wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
I'm ok with banning saggy pants. White guys trying to imitate a fashion started in jail because belts are removed is stupid and low class.

Taze them until they learn the error of their ways.

I've heard that it was started in jail, as a way to show that you were willing to be buggered.

Anyone know if there is truth in that?

No, but thats a good one.

Saggy pants - belts confiscated.
Shoes with open tops - shoelaces confiscated.

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purplefood wrote:
This seems like a particularly odd act...

The one positive, its easy for the police to catch them when they try to run.

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

I wonder how many of the lawmakers who decided on this were greasers back in their day.

**Frazzled**

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:
I wonder how many of the lawmakers who decided on this were greasers back in their day.

WHats awesome is if you said that in the wrong area in the US, you would be dead. You might drop the term you used, as its heavily racist in some quarters and you probably didn't know that.

**purplefood**

I honestly don't know another term for that particular group...

These chaps right?

**reds8n**

I think given the meaning here we'll fine with the term in this instance.

One to bear in mind in the future, and people say Dakka isn't educational !

**Do_I_Not_Like_That**

Have these people ever heard of the supreme court?

If you're wondering what that clink of glass is, then it's lawyers celebrating another lengthy court case. Makes me mad to see money thrown at people like that.

**kronk**

n0t_u wrote:
Albatross wrote:
...of ridiculous 50s-style authoritarianism and social conformity?

I hope not.

Sounds like they could make a movie about it.

With a Kenny Loggins soundtrack?

**Hordini**

This is just as stupid as baning 2-liters in New York.

**BlapBlapBlap**

They baned my pants?!

What is this?!

**Do_I_Not_Like_That**

kronk wrote:
n0t_u wrote:
Albatross wrote:
...of ridiculous 50s-style authoritarianism and social conformity?

I hope not.

Sounds like they could make a movie about it.

With a Kenny Loggins soundtrack?

That would be a great film

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

BlapBlapBlap wrote:
They baned my pants?!

What is this?!

Your fashions were given to a powerfully-built supervillain, who wore them down through weeks of attrition by releasing all of their associated villains at once, before sneaking into their home closet and, when your pants came back, destroying them in one final, brutal showdown, ultimately breaking their seams and leaving them useless.
That's what this is.

**whembly**

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:
BlapBlapBlap wrote:
They baned my pants?!

What is this?!

Your fashions were given to a powerfully-built supervillain, who wore them down through weeks of attrition by releasing all of their associated villains at once, before sneaking into their home closet and, when your pants came back, destroying them in one final, brutal showdown, ultimately breaking their seams and leaving them useless.
That's what this is.

Wait... no one seen this yet?

**Ahtman**

Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
kronk wrote:
n0t_u wrote:
Albatross wrote:
...of ridiculous 50s-style authoritarianism and social conformity?

I hope not.

Sounds like they could make a movie about it.

With a Kenny Loggins soundtrack?

That would be a great film

Eh, it would probably be a decent film that would have a heavy nostalgia factor after enough time had passed, enough so that people would think it was great, eventually.

**gorgon**

It's some kind of awesome that it's actually the local government and not some individual old geezer telling the kids to pull up their pants.

Now, I think people should be allowed to wear their pants however they like, provided that the right things remain covered.

However, it needs to be said that handsome, refined, successful gentlemen of leisure wear their pants properly.

**kronk**

whembly wrote:

Wait... no one seen this yet?

Spoiler:

Not a good idea, whembly. The ones that would do it are the ones that you would rather not.

**djones520**

kronk wrote:
whembly wrote:

Wait... no one seen this yet?

Spoiler:

Not a good idea, whembly. The ones that would do it are the ones that you would rather not.

When beer is already involved, does it really matter?

**kronk**

Yes. It takes a lot for my beer goggles to kick in!

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

gorgon wrote:

However, it needs to be said that handsome, refined, successful gentlemen of leisure wear their pants properly.

Ah, but now that pant-wearing is regulated, how do you spot said gentlemen of leisure amongst the crowd now?
Will they have to up-gun to wearing actual suits in public, perhaps?

**kronk**

Suit and tie or GTFO!

**hotsauceman1**

I do think a suit and tie should be legal for all events.