Dress Like We Say or Go To Jail!
ben | 17 September, 2007 12:52And we seem to march towards a quasi-fascist state by leaps and bounds. It seems that fashion - always a popular whipping boy of those wishing to quash expression of any kind - is under the gun again. Baggy pants are now in the crosshairs, though I should quantify the statement with the disclaimer that most current or proposed laws restricting the wearing of 'baggy pants' focus on pants worn in a way that shows boxers or bare butt. From CNN.com:
Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up in several places. At the extreme end, wearing pants low enough to show boxers or bare buttocks in one small Louisiana town means six months in jail and a $500 fine.
A crackdown also is being pushed in Atlanta, Georgia. And in Trenton, New Jersey, getting caught with your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but a city worker assessing where your life is headed.
The real issue, which isn't touched upon in the CNN article, is that such laws would once again put the judgment of who's wearing pants that are 'too baggy' in the hands of the police or general public. Oh yeah, and in America why is the government controlling what clothes I wear???
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1. Edgar | 12/03,2007 at 09:05
I never thought imagined we would get to this point, not about the way we dress!!!
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