Should SAGGY PANTS be banned? Or worse?

Deuce said:

This was a lie made up by racists because black people were doing it.

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Lol, OK deuce, tell ya what; you should volunteer to put this to the test. Let's have you spend a week in LA County jail, and wear your pants sagging low. Deal?

Bodhisattva said:

Evidence?

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Do you think white journalists know what the **** went on in prison in the 70s and 80s? They're so far out of their element here that I don't expect them to have a clue.

Talk with any OG black or Latino gangster who was around in those days and actually knows what they're talking about. They aren't going to make up this bull**** that the media is slinging.

truthatallcost said:

Do you think white journalists know what the **** went on in prison in the 70s and 80s? They're so far out of their element here that I don't expect them to have a clue.

Talk with any OG black or Latino gangster who was around in those days and actually knows what they're talking about. They aren't going to make up this bull**** that the media is slinging.

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That wasn't evidence.

Besides, how many black or Latino gangsters know what they're talking about?

Vox said:

That wasn't evidence.

Besides, how many black or Latino gangsters know what they're talking about?

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When it comes to prison, I'll take their word over some Poindexter from the media.

truthatallcost said:

Do you think white journalists know what the **** went on in prison in the 70s and 80s? They're so far out of their element here that I don't expect them to have a clue.

Talk with any OG black or Latino gangster who was around in those days and actually knows what they're talking about. They aren't going to make up this bull**** that the media is slinging.

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That is who I have talked to... many.

Bodhisattva said:

That is who I have talked to... many.

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Really? What'd they tell you?

I don't believe in banning attire. I hate saggy pants, but the govt has no business telling us what clothing we can or cannot wear.

Scrabaholic said:

I don't believe in banning attire. I hate saggy pants, but the govt has no business telling us what clothing we can or cannot wear.

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true-fat people in yoga pants or guys with too short shirts and too much gut are just as offensive as those trying to look like prison bitches

truthatallcost said:

Really? What'd they tell you?

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That it was a gang thing that came out of prisons... never heard the gay part before as anything more than a runour.

Deuce said:

This was a lie made up by racists because black people were doing it.

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LOL...

Ignorance...

LOL...

White people do it too.

Bodhisattva said:

Evidence?

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I know a guy that came out of the Washington State Pen over 30 years ago, and they were doing it then, according to him.

How does one provide evidence?

Lord of Planar said:

I know a guy that came out of the Washington State Pen over 30 years ago, and they were doing it then, according to him.

How does one provide evidence?

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Whoever is loudest wins...

Most sources report that sagging pants began in the prison system. Belts are not allowed to be worn, due to the fact that they can be used as weapons or as a means to suicide. This resulted in the ill-fitting generic pants, too large to stay up on their own, to ride low on prisoner’s hips. Hip-hop artists adopted this look in the 90s (because you're not cool, if you don't do time, right?), and it quickly became popular among the youth.

Pull Your Pants Up (A Brief History of Saggy Pants) — CLADWELL GUIDE

I think we got more pressing issues. Besides, I don't show off my underoos but the only jeans I wear, sag...

In the high school where I taught, we had a business department which had a cooperative work program for 11th and 12th grade students. One of my best friends ran it. He related that the hiring rate for females sent on interviews was much much higher than for males sent on interviews. And it was his belief that the saggy pants played a major role in that.

When the females were sent for a job interview, they dressed in the normal fashion but the males often did not have a pair of pants that were not designed to do anything but sag around their rear ends. And he would talk to employers who told him that the males simply did not present a visual image of the people they wanted in their business.

When he would tell this to young men - some would get angry and resent it while others would correct the situation and often find themselves hired.

I don't think we need to ban anything in this area. What we do need to do is to realize that one pays price for their fashion statement.

I once heard a top NBA star say that if you want to play the game then you have to wear the uniform. If Michael Jordan or Lebron James showed up at tip off wearing anything but the approved NBA uniform - they would not be permitted to play. We have to educate people to understand that employers are no different.

Back in the '70's they were called Droopy Drawers.

I'd rather ban shirtless men.

I hated #2 because of the loaded "encourage" term, but, I voted for it.



I think people whose arse is hanging out of their pants, whether plumber or "ghetto" clothes wearer, look like imbeciles. (And there are hilarious videos of people failing to commit crimes because they trip over their own pants, which were falling down).

I'm not about to regulate clothing. Well, other than I do support anti-nudity laws.




If the only nude people were young hot women, I'd be all for them. But that's just me being a male. There's a lot I don't want to see, so, keep 'em covered.