Posted on 06/13/2007 8:23:51 AM PDT by texan75010
DELCAMBRE, La. -- The Delcambre Town Council said overly saggy britches are obscene, and so does Mayor Carol Broussard, who said he will sign an anti-sag ordinance passed unanimously this week.
The addition to the Cajun-country town's indecent exposure ordinance 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 view, "private parts."
Broussard said he has nothing against saggy pants but thinks people who wear them should use discretion.
Low-hanging, baggy pants have become a fashion fad, mostly for young men in the hip-hop culture.
Broussard denied the ordinance is racially motivated.
I guess it’s a good thing I don’t wear military-style pants too often, I might get a summons for wearing them soon!
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Honest question - Can they do this?????
I am actually glad. I am tired of seeing pants below the butt cheeks with boxers barely covering them up. I believe that it is best handled on a local level.
Awww cute.. they’re living in the past, and only about 15 years late catching on to this trend!
Wait until they find out Janet Jackson showed a nipple during the super bowl!
A strike against the anti-civilization forces or cultural infringment?
The fashion fascists. They sure would just love everyone to wear thight riding breeches with jackboots.
Why not? Like we tell our kids, don't do crack! (Pull up your pants). That may be the 'private parts' referred to.
I agree, that the baggy pants that show under wear, are unsightly, but in all fairness I have seen girls and women wear tops that are just as revealing, and also pants, so where does the line get drawn...maybe in people just streaked, it would solve the clothing problem..
What about tight pants that show underwear? Low rider jeans that show thongs?
Why not put everyone in little green Mao “peoples uniforms” or Burkas?
Frankly, I don’t like those revealing baggy pants either, but it’s not the government’s, city council’s problem what people are wearing.
Anyway it’s good thing those kids of the gangster “culture” are wearing baggy pants below their knees... it prevents them running away from police. LOL.
35 year-old plus women hardest hit.
Local plumbers have threatened a boycott.
LOL!
No more plumber’s cracks.....
It will never stand the first legal challenge. Think of how stupid it would be to actually do jail time for baggy pants.
>>> What about tight pants that show underwear? Low rider jeans that show thongs?<<<
Tight-fitting clothing on fatties?
And to think that this all started by issuing one-size-fits-all pants to prisoners in the L.A. County jail years ago and then, after the “integration riots” between blacks and latinos the guards took away all the prisoners’ belts.
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