[Stoat]

There was a time, not so long ago, when parents would paddle the bottom of a child who would go to school or anywhere out in public, dressed in a manner that would reflect poorly or disrespectfully upon the family or was in any way an assault on good taste or community standards.

It's a very sad sign of the times when this sort of thing has become so very commonplace that legislation is even considered as a necessary step in order to deal with it.

Another FR thread that may be of interest:

Family Of 6 Arrested Over Droopy Jeans

[Atchafalaya]

No plumbing lessons in shop class I guess.

[CindyDawg]

We need a BBB policy. No showing of boobs, bellies, or butts.

[dayglored]

> ...student exposes his or her sexual organs, even if covered by underwear...

"I see England, I see France,
I see Mary's underpants!"

Geez, the Nanny State is at it again.

Seriously, this ought to be laughed at, not criminalized:

[Buddy B]

Youth who let their drawers droop to expose underwear .....

drawers = explain to me... what are drawers in florida?

[joebuck]

I don’t have a problem with this. BUT, I do have a problem with another article I read in the last few days about a school requiring the boys to cut their hair to no longer than collar length. They have the right to wear the hair however long or short as they want as long as they’re neat and clean.

[mysterio]

Stupid to fight baggy jeans. You’ll make them popular again.

[PureSolace]

Found this interesting comment about the Dallas City Council trying to make the same ban.

Besides, legislating against tastelessness and stupidity doesn't have a promising history. If it did, then surely we wouldn't have had leisure suits in the 1970s. But here's something that may help the Dallas council come to terms with saggy pants: Cops love them. Really. Reason: Criminals who wear droopy drawers regularly fall down when running from the police.

It happened not long ago in Hendersonville, N.C., where a 24-year-old man tried to rob a Subway sandwich shop by vaulting over the counter. Alas, his saggy pants tripped him up. Then he took off running, as the police were called, but didn't get far. The cops found him hanging upside down, his pants tangled in a picket fence.

"He didn't make a good jump," the Hendersonville police chief told the Wall Street Journal. "The only reason we caught the guy was because his pants fell down." He added, "He was wearing underwear, thank goodness."

[MaxMax]

If the parents of these children wore the same thing around the house, yard,
and around their friends, this trend may change.

In the meantime it's freeking hilarious.

[Mountain Troll]

“The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell, there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.” - Grant Gilmore

Public schools are rapidly approaching Hell status, if they’re not there already.

[reagan_fanatic]

"Yo - what up wid dat?"