As someone older than the age of 40, I can sympathize with Mayor Phil Best (pictured above) of Dublin, Ga. The sight of young brothers walking around with their pants falling off their behinds makes me cringe.
I'm not sure why. There are plenty of terrible fashion statements being made out there by big-money celebrities on red carpets and mall-rat wannabes around the block.
But there is something about those falling pants and the exposed boxers that scream ignorance.
Even still, I question Mayor Best's decision of making saggin' an indecent exposure crime that could get violators a fine of $200.
Tweet The law would prohibit the wearing of pants or skirts more than three inches below the top of the hips, exposing the skin or undergarments.
Police will be left to enforce the law, so are they supposed to run around high school parking lots with tape measures in hand looking for violators of the three-inch rule?
I'm sure city officials hope that a simple warning for kids to pull up their pants will be sufficient, but we all know that there will be at least one kid (and likely more) who will push the law to its constitutional breaking point by getting arrested and fighting the ticket in court.
And he may win.
It's hard to see how the law would stand up to judicial scrutiny. Can't you just see the ACLU jumping in with its high-priced lawyers, defending a kids right to sag? Give me a break.
Some people are already complaining that the law will be used to target young black males. Well, a quick visit to just about any mall will tell you that young white males model just about everything they see from their black counterparts, including saggin'. So it's up to the community to make sure that young black boys aren't the only ones getting pinched for this infraction.
I'm not sure how this will turn out on the streets or in the courts, but I applaud Mayor Best for at least attempting to get the pants of young boys back where they belong -- on their behinds.
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I am not sure if it should become a law or not, however I am tired of these young men walking around with their pants sagging. There is nothing attractive about seeing someone's underware. I have never seen any clothing style last so long. It just make me wonder what is this would coming to. Our society has become an acceptance of everything no matter how negative it is or how it affectes others. Christians let's take a stand on bibical issues. Some churches are afraid to speak on what the bible say, because it's unpopular. I want to get my own talk show "entitle tell the truth even if it hurts".
Maybe you should live biblically pray and turn your eye from things that offend you. If people don't want to see it, and think it's unattractive, then they should stop lookin..if they can.
oh please fight for the right to look like a damn clown, showing their usually raggedy or dirty boxers. i don't want to see that anymore than i want to see a woman pull her nasty boob out and breast feed in full view of everyone in a resturant or where ever. if black youth wants to say something their families should give them better ideas. it's an epidemic our youth has lost the full use of one hand, due to holding their damn pants up with it. i say take your hand back young people pull your damn pants up. i saw an idiot trying to hop on a bike and fell over because the crotch of his pants caught the seat. funniest thing ever.
THIS SHOULD BE THE LAW ACROSS THE USA. SAGGING PANTS LOOK SO STUPID. WHY WOULD MAN WANT TO WALK AROUND SHOWING HIS ASS? A MAN HAS A PROBLEM IF HE MUST DO THIS TO BE SEXY.
THE PANTS SAGGING THING WAS SOMETHING FAGGOTS IN PRISON STARTED DOING TO MAKE OTHER MEN WANT TO SCREW EM IN THE ASS. ON THE STREET, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR CHILDREN AND OLD RELIGIOUS LADYS TO SEE.BROTHERS NEED TO PULL EM UP AND RESPECT THEMSELVES.
I think it is a good thing, the Mayor is doing, I agree it should be a National Law. Pull of you pants young men and "women".We all have rights, and my right is to be able to walk around outside and not be exposed to your ass! We all have one, however, we not all walk around showing them. HIP, HIP, HOO RAY for the Mayor. Thank you.
i live here in Kentuckey in a small hick town im country and i wont change but my brother is a white male who sags his pants every time i see it it makes me sick we have tryed every thing to make him quit and nothing has worked i dont no what else to do it would be really nice if there was some type law here so that way maybe he will stop
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By: Joyce Carter on 9/21/2010 1:48AM
I am not sure if it should become a law or not, however I am tired of these young men walking around with their pants sagging. There is nothing attractive about seeing someone's underware. I have never seen any clothing style last so long. It just make me wonder what is this would coming to. Our society has become an acceptance of everything no matter how negative it is or how it affectes others. Christians let's take a stand on bibical issues. Some churches are afraid to speak on what the bible say, because it's unpopular. I want to get my own talk show "entitle tell the truth even if it hurts".
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By: Lamar on 9/28/2010 2:10AM
Maybe you should live biblically pray and turn your eye from things that offend you. If people don't want to see it, and think it's unattractive, then they should stop lookin..if they can.
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By: Frank on 9/21/2010 2:34PM
The law does not surprise me. The casinos in Tunica,MS are now asking patrons to either pull their pants up or leave the casino.
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By: G. E. N. on 9/22/2010 9:27AM
Another sad thing about saggin pants is the number of "butch" lesbians wearing them, the nice thing is they do have nicer butts to look at.
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By: iambaddkitty on 9/22/2010 10:42PM
oh please fight for the right to look like a damn clown, showing their usually raggedy or dirty boxers. i don't want to see that anymore than i want to see a woman pull her nasty boob out and breast feed in full view of everyone in a resturant or where ever. if black youth wants to say something their families should give them better ideas. it's an epidemic our youth has lost the full use of one hand, due to holding their damn pants up with it. i say take your hand back young people pull your damn pants up. i saw an idiot trying to hop on a bike and fell over because the crotch of his pants caught the seat. funniest thing ever.
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By: FRANK on 9/23/2010 1:32AM
THIS SHOULD BE THE LAW ACROSS THE USA. SAGGING PANTS LOOK SO STUPID. WHY WOULD MAN WANT TO WALK AROUND SHOWING HIS ASS? A MAN HAS A PROBLEM IF HE MUST DO THIS TO BE SEXY.
THE PANTS SAGGING THING WAS SOMETHING FAGGOTS IN PRISON STARTED DOING TO MAKE OTHER MEN WANT TO SCREW EM IN THE ASS. ON THE STREET, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR CHILDREN AND OLD RELIGIOUS LADYS TO SEE.BROTHERS NEED TO PULL EM UP AND RESPECT THEMSELVES.
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By: DJHarris on 9/27/2010 11:18PM
I think it is a good thing, the Mayor is doing, I agree it should be a National Law. Pull of you pants young men and "women".We all have rights, and my right is to be able to walk around outside and not be exposed to your ass! We all have one, however, we not all walk around showing them. HIP, HIP, HOO RAY for the Mayor. Thank you.
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By: michael on 4/12/2011 10:40AM
i live here in Kentuckey in a small hick town im country and i wont change but my brother is a white male who sags his pants every time i see it it makes me sick we have tryed every thing to make him quit and nothing has worked i dont no what else to do it would be really nice if there was some type law here so that way maybe he will stop
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