It all depends on your point of view
DELCAMBRE, La. — Overly saggy britches are obscene, the Delcambre Town Council says. So does Mayor Carol Broussard, who said he will sign an anti-sag ordinance passed unanimously this week.
The new indecent exposure ordinance in this Cajun-country town of about 2,000 carries penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or, in the mayor’s phrase, “private parts.”
“I don’t know if it will do any good, but it won’t hurt,” said Delcambre Councilman Albert Roy, who introduced the ordinance. “It’s obvious, and anybody with common sense can see your parts when you wear sagging pants.”
I imagine a question like will really divide public opinion.
Thanks, Joshua
I’ll tolerate the one on the right if we get more of the one on the left!
Hey!!! This is discriminating against refrigerator repairmen!!!
Butt what if this law isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be?
Already tried and struck down in the state of Virginia…
Frankly, the notion that nudity is against the law is repugnant to the civil libertarian in me… But I don’t oppose it for obviously selfish reasons 🙂
Sounds like white people teling young black men how to dress.
What’s next laws requiring us to wear clothes?
Then make the Clothing makers to MAKE real clothing…That FITS…
Hey!!! This is discriminating against refrigerator repairmen!!!
Comment by hhopper
and plumbers….
J/P=?
What I don’t get is why parents let their kids dress that way? It’s stupid. Every generation of people say that there is a problem with today’s youth, but this new dressing fashion where the kids have their pants barely hanging off their asses is inane. Parents: nip this fashion crime in the bud and start pulling atomic wedgies when you see your kids dressing this way.
They dress that way for concealment, not of themselves, but what they can hide in the voluminous clothes. Guns, dope etc…
Is everyone here honestly that old they cant figure it out?
Maybe they’re hiding something like this:
http://tinyurl.com/22xujt
This is common on the bus going downtown. Guys and gals who are bulging out have their cracks on display. One time this guy was bending over to pick up a grocery bag and the side-row was greeted with crack. I was unfortunate to be the one in this row where this guy was about a foot away from me, kind of sucked.
Of all the strange crimes that humanity has legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most amazing – with obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place. [Robert Heinlein, Notebooks of Lazarus Long]
#4 – OFTLO,
This is the main overlap between liberal and libertarian. This law is equally repugnant to me as a liberal.
“but this new dressing fashion where the kids have their pants barely hanging off their asses is inane.”
That’s what the old farts said about you, too. When I look at 80s yearbooks, I’m mortified by what we thought looked cool..boys in lipstick and fedoras, pegged pants?
The picture of my dad with foot long frizz on his head and american flag flares shows its a continuing issue of young folks not having any taste, not a societal problem.
#14 – Sorry Scott… I didn’t mean to give the false impression that I was a “Libertarian” as in the political ideology. I am a Liberal. I’d hate to have to wear that badge like some Ayn Rand Worshiping misanthrope. 🙂
#16,
I’ve never read anything by Ayn Rand. To me, libertarian is someone who believes in the freedom to starve. I believe people have a right to certain basic services, like health care. And, I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is. Due to a prior discussion on this forum, I need to qualify this. I’m a Modern American Liberal. There are other flavors, apparently. I also don’t necessarily follow the liberal party line blindly. There are a few points on which I disagree.
The baggy pants, 6 inches of boxers or butt crack look drives me crazy as I’m sure it’s intended to do. I actually have fantasys about striking these guys about the head and shoulders with a solid object when I see them.
As far as the low rise jeans on women….Remember when it was something special to see a flash of panty on a girl? A fortunuate gust of wind blows up a skirt, a girl getting out of a sports car in a mini skirt. Thats all gone. On every trip to the airport I see so much thong and butt crack that I am desensitized to it.
The 8 inches of thong back and butt crack on a girl just says “crack whore” to me now.
Is it me, or do both of the people in the pics look ridiculous? Obviously one is easier on the eyes, but seriously…
#19 – Angus,
It’s not just you. But, I think the real question here is whether either look should actually be illegal. IMNSHO, the answer is no.
The trend is towards clothing completely optional, and if it doesn’t reverse then it’s only a matter of time before nudity becomes an accepted, and legal, style. But these things tend to run in cycles, the pendulum swings and we could all be wearing burkas anywhere outside the bathroom.
#21 – Burkas? Not until after plenty of bloodshed and my last breath leaves my body.
I just hope they prosecute for muffin-tops too.
There is a simple fix for this type of problem…
http://tinyurl.com/2nhv9w
#5…Billabong….if you read the article, you’ll find out the Councilman who introduced the ordinance is black. That was my first thought as well, until I read it all.
#23 – Right… Because unless a woman is 20 pounds underweight, she is just too fucking ugly to allowed in public.
#22,
So you’ll hang on that thong until they pry it from your cold dead fingers?
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So the fashion police now want enforcement powers. Cool. I hope they also go after white socks and sandals too. And pants hiked up around the nipples.
#27 – And pants hiked up around the nipples.
No… James Hill is safe…
there should be a law that fat ppls HAVE to wear clothes at ALL TIMES (really thick clothes too, that sweat will slim em down some) – and skinny/beautiful people can wear whatever the hell they want – It’d be easier on the eyes if anything else.
lol #28 – does James Hill look like Urkel?
Is it illegal to run around in one’s undies?
If so, what is the difference between undies and swim wear in this kind of a debate?
Why are they using tax dollars (i.e. my time…) worrying about what people want to wear when there are plenty of other things out there to worry about?
I know a LOT of people who find women with hairy armpits to be rather offensive, does that mean they need to shave?
Is there someone here afraid they might devirginize their eyes?
What a waste of time imho…
#29
And then we need a law where skinny ppl will have their vocal cords removed because if they are not using their mouth to eat then they are only useful for giving oral sex.