As an employee in an educational facility, one of the biggest eye-sores I encounter on a daily basis is saggy pants. We actually have a school policy against the so-called ‘fashion trend’, yet it doesn’t seem to stop some young and older men from having their pants sag down to their knees and exposing us all to their underwear.
I’m sorry, but if every time you go to stand up you have to pull your pants up, there’s a problem here and a nice belt is a great, easy solution to the problem.
Well, it should come to no surprise that some towns are saying enough is enough and that is what’s happening in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
The Terrebonne Parish Town Council is hoping to put a ban into effect against saggy pants. The following penalties will ensue if pants are caught below the buttocks:
- $50 for first-time violators
- $100 for second offenses
- $100 and 16 hours of public service for each following offense
The ordinance which the town council has already voted 8-1 to pass and sign into law states:
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
The American Civil Liberty Union of Louisiana opposes this ban because they feel it violates constitutional rights. They claim:
To ban a particular clothing style would violate a liberty interest guaranteed under the 14th Amendment…The government does not belong in the business of telling people what to wear. Nor does it have the right to use clothing as a pretext to engage in otherwise unlawful stops of innocent people
And while the American Civil Liberty Union has a valid point here, I personally feel that my civil liberties are violated on the daily as I am constantly being exposed to someone’s dirty drawers and subsequent butt views. To me, that is indecent exposure at it’s best, or shall I say, at it’s worst.
It’ll be interesting to see how this develops, but in the meantime…
PULL YOUR PANTS UP!!
Donna…..we just have to let the trend fade. The more ppl fight it and try to prevent them from doing it the more the are going to, just because. Its going from a fashion trend to a political battle and its not that serious. My son thinks its cool but I be on him and he is only 8 lol
I saw a guy yesterday in Chipotle with his pants hanging like that and on his underwear was a dot right at the crack. .idk he could have sat on something but it was really nasty to notice. the whole style is honestly stupid. .my son does it on the sly. .he has his shirt over his butt but I and his Dad will continue to worry him until he figures it out. I can be persistent and one day he will realize its stupid and styles fade.
I think its a generational thing……..even though I think the sagger looks like a fool and, in most cases silly, I am surely not offended by it. To make an official or legislative ban is going too far. This type of thing needs to be handled unofficially, maybe with local store bans or public campaigns involving some influential hip hop faces to name a few. I'm not sure but I know this is not a governmental issue.
I think its a generational thing……..even though I think the sagger looks like a fool and, in most cases silly, I am surely not offended by it. To make an official or legislative ban is going too far. This type of thing needs to be handled unofficially, maybe with local store bans or public campaigns involving some influential hip hop faces to name a few. I'm not sure but I know this is not a governmental issue.
Nice catch, Linda! I would assume there is more written in the ordinance to clarify, but that part is definitely left up to interpretation.
so freakin sick, I hate this!!
This past weekend, Mike and I were at our neighborhood Target, and we followed one of these brain trusts into the store. It just so happened that they were going to pretty much the same part of the store on the way in… we were making fun of this idiot and his female. I still don't think most of them understand where this trend started… YUCK!
This past weekend, Mike and I were at our neighborhood Target, and we followed one of these brain trusts into the store. It just so happened that they were going to pretty much the same part of the store on the way in… we were making fun of this idiot and his female. I still don't think most of them understand where this trend started… YUCK!
"while exposing one’s skin or undergarments below the waist" Wouldn't this make skirts, shorts and the like illegal? I think they might need to reword it.