Trousers up/down?
 

BBC NEWS | Americas | US town set to ban saggy trousers

Basically this means that people who wear their trousers below a certain limit, get a fine....great...but who checks whats the limit? Is a glimpse of underwear already an offense?

I think it is really worrying that laws can be made which strictly regulated what you can wear or not.

I don't actually like the hip hop rap thingy culture...and I do find it worrying when guys here have their underpants hanging out...I mean...it's not practical, it doesn't look very nice, what is says about you is that you couldn't be bothered to check your trouser size and just went for XL...not to mention the fact that not everyone wants to see the little hearts on your underwear...However regulation is too much, I think. If you think people wear stupid clothing, let them, they are only making fools of themselves.

I love how the article says "White people wear sagging pants, too".

Seriously though, what's wrong with showing your underwear? I don't see the problem.

Bwahaha, that's ridiculous. Does that mean swimming in a swimming pool is indecent exposure as well?

That is hilarious.

Underpants being considered as private parts. :Puzzled:

It beggars belief that anybody, let alone an entire town council, could consider such a law to be genuinely worth putting into practice. Leaving aside the absolute perversity of treating an inch of somebody's underwear as "private parts", I can scarcely think of a greater waste of time and effort on a more trivial issue.

Huh, and I always assumed there'd be Thought Police before Fashion Police...

There are laws regarding proper attire, this is discrimination against a sub-culture.

Hahaaaaaahawahhaaaakakakakahaaaaalaaahooolalllaaaa u!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow.
Im ok now.
I wonder if they're a bunch of mormons? Or just REALLY board? :)
Kinda reminds me of The Village.... (The cloths we don't speak of...)

Now showing some of your underwear looks stylish, but showing your whole butt it kinda dumb. Maybe if the law says its against the law to show more then 4" of your underwear, of course Big Brother would have the check you everytime you go into government buildings..... :moon:

I don't mind this law, in terms of men at least, because it doesn't affect me so much as it affects wanna be gangstas and other idiots that think they're apart of something that's more than a fad, and I already hate them so... no problem in that respect. However the law itself is a breach of... freedom of clothing, and freedom to look at women with low riser jeans and bikini thongs sticking out. I think it's wrong to have such a law, but so long as only guys get charged, I don't have a problem. Yes I am biased, sexist, and hate rap, rappers, and in general the gangsta movement, it's a stupid as turning your gun sideways to shoot, it offers no benefits and just looks like shit.

Don't get me wrong the last thing I want to see is some 50ton lump of lard with their arse hanging out over the top of their trousers. But really what's next; a ban on long hair on men perhaps; women not being allowed to show a bit of ankle? This is just pathetic legislation from old fogies who want to increase their already over bloated power.

This is fucking pathetic. I hope they are planning on banning women from having the tops of their bra-straps exposed in the summer as well.

What retard was offended by this in the first place? What's next? Ban something else they're not too keen on?

Pathetic...

Not that i support letting your underwear hang out but come on.

Firstly letting your undies deliberately hang out is to me quite stupid. How is that meant to look "cool"? WTF?

And secondly who the hell has the time to waste making up rules like that anyways. That US town must have their illegal drug and prostitution business all soreted out for them to get this pointless.

Pathetic...

I don't know wether to laugh or cry for this one, sad day in politics. I thought only Iran had "clothing" police.

I really don't think its a big deal. I don't know how laws like this come into being, but don't the people vote? (Im can't vote yet & haven't taken government classes yet so...)
It seems that if the majority of the people don't like it, it will fail.
This seems like a small town anyway, kind of like mormon towns in Utah (were bigamy is not illegal). This law may pass there, but there's no way it would pass in NY-NY or LA or other well populated big cities. Besides, it's not hindering freedom of speech (could I go out in the middle of town and swear on a mic like a monkey with a bannana in his butt with out a cop coming by and telling me to cool down?) Ok bad word picture but hey, you get the idea. If the majority of the people deem it offensive, they have a right to make a law as long as it doesn't outright go against the constitution (the judges decide this, and they have the right to). Walking around nude does not go against the constitution (as far as I know!) but the majority (the minority being sickos and hippies :)) see it as offensive. Even if people walked around saying "I have a right!" every one around would say "Prevert!" (Archy Bunker :)). The people have the right to deside what's considered offensive and what's not. I bet that if everyone wanted to, they could make it legal to walk around naked, or drive naked at least.

If you were to get a microphone, or megaphone and swear on a megaphone with a banana stuffed monkey the following things could result.
Aggravated Assault: On your person
Disturbing the Peace: Charged against you
Illegal Ownership of a Special Pet Without a License: See above
Animal Abuse: See above above
Slander: See above above above
The Opening of a Hellgate: Potentially resulting from such nonsensical behavior

Quite simply, there are a lot of people who wear their trousers down around their knees' (ok, maybe not that low, but they might as well do). It looks stupid for starters, yet they somehow believe it makes them cool? - I'd seriously like to know how they came to that conclusion.

I don't think there should be a law on it, if they want to look stupid, and give everyone the impression that they don't know how to dress, so be it.

ahhh only yankee's would think up of really retared laws...

Not really, EVERY country has some stupid laws that were passed but aren't enforced anymore...

- In Toronto you cannot drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday
- In Ottawa it is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday

But these laws are not enforced :~

To say the truth I genuinly dislike that fashion, never liked it on anyone.
If they wish to carry something so low, that it looks like a skirt with trousers, they can have skirts :).
But the fact that a law passed hindering the carrying of a fashion is a bit extreme.
Interestingly, the only places were such laws hold right now are probably strongly religious countries.
I can't imagine something like that actually even getting on the table in europe.
Except possibly in a town with 80% of the population being over 65, but then this edict would get assaulted for being nonconstitutional.

How?

Well, the swearing, the abused animal, the us of a MEGAPHONE outside of an emergency, waste of a banana, etc. etc. can trigger aggravation in nearby humans, which if it reaches a certain level can alleviate a person's self control and trigger an outburst of physical anger in the form of an assault. Therefor the surrounding populace capable and willing to assault him could also be charged with something, but not after they finish beating him to a pulp.

Thats just a town ordinance. Towns create hundreds of little retarded ordinances. When someone gets arrested they have the right to fight it in court. If it infringes on the state or federal constitution then the law gets voided. There's a clause in a new england town that says you are required to plant 1 forth of your crop with hemp.

ROFL!

can't stop laughing:rofl: that'd be a great polilitical joke...could you imagine the headlines? "Local town bans tighty whiteys being shown" :D!

A stupid law, to be sure. One of many forms of subtle social control. Not a terribly significant one, in comparison at least to things like major league sports, the church, and prime-time television, etc, but still brings with it potential longterm consequences and slippery slopes. Ugh... Why are adults taking the time to go after things like this?

:lolpoint:

haha so true... what is with all these rules anyways? The world has enough rules as it is just give it a break. Those people must be really bored to death to come up with this filth...

... wait here is a good rule i think they should adopt:

"NO STUPID RULES"

hows that sound? :rofl:

So are we to assume that Mr. Cowell has no worries about being fined?

Anyway, I don't have my trousers/jeans hoisted all the way up. Hell, I wear them kinda loose so not to ride the crotch. If they slip so much to show a flash of my boxers then I'm gonna yank them back up. They only fall so far before they can go further, anyway.

yeah loose is the best, but although it is stupid to show the tighty whiteys, it's more stupid to ban them from being shown.

it's a fad nothing more.

So I guess we all seem to agree that this law is dumb :)
All against this dumb law show your tighty whiteys!!