For the last time...PULL THEM BRITCHES UP!!!!

I have no problem with the law per se...just the fact that it seemed to target only one group's fashion 'sense'. I'm just as against people passing laws restricting those god-awful rebel flag t-shirts. :grinyes:
 
This needs to be dealt wth through dress codes and servcie refusals, not by statute. What's next, fire-engine red lipstick? After all, it's unseemly to some. :rolleyes:
 
HomeLAN said:
This needs to be dealt wth through dress codes and servcie refusals, not by statute. What's next, fire-engine red lipstick? After all, it's unseemly to some. :rolleyes:
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One major difference: fire engine red lipstick does not reveal body parts.
 
Neither does showing underwear. Time to ban speedos at the pool, too? Now, if your wang's hanging out, that's already punishable by indecent exposure statutes.
 
HomeLAN said:
This needs to be dealt wth through dress codes and servcie refusals, not by statute. What's next, fire-engine red lipstick? After all, it's unseemly to some. :rolleyes:
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Heh....what about all those guys that go round with their shirts open or have great wads of chest hair coming out of 'em.....that bugs me....can we ban that too?
 
Hey, don't get me wrong here. There are a lot of societal trends that irk hell out of me too. I just think that adolescents ambling about with their pants around their thighs is somewhat more disturbing for a number of reasons than some others. Heck, I'm all for instituting a limit on the amount of perfume/cologne one may wear. These people who put on their fragrance with a power sprayer oughta be shot...from a distance! :D

To paraphrase something from a comedy bit I heard...(father speaking to his daughter's potential date): If you show up with your pants that baggy, I will attach them to your hips with a staple gun to make sure they don't accidentally fall off while you are out with my daughter.

Works for me.
 
I was told by a kid who had been in jail that the trend originally started in prisons as a symbol that you already had a "friend" and should be left alone. True?
 
SouthernN'Proud said:
Hey, don't get me wrong here. There are a lot of societal trends that irk hell out of me too. I just think that adolescents ambling about with their pants around their thighs is somewhat more disturbing for a number of reasons than some others. Heck, I'm all for instituting a limit on the amount of perfume/cologne one may wear. These people who put on their fragrance with a power sprayer oughta be shot...from a distance! :D

To paraphrase something from a comedy bit I heard...(father speaking to his daughter's potential date): If you show up with your pants that baggy, I will attach them to your hips with a staple gun to make sure they don't accidentally fall off while you are out with my daughter.

Works for me.
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Works for me too. The precendent set by making it a statute sucks, however.
 
HomeLAN said:
This needs to be dealt wth through dress codes and servcie refusals, not by statute. What's next, fire-engine red lipstick? After all, it's unseemly to some. :rolleyes:
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I agree, it's certainly not something that should be legislated regardless of how stupid it looks. This law in VA is just more of the inevitable backlash against the PC movement of the last couple of decades, IMO.
 
Leslie said:
I was told by a kid who had been in jail that the trend originally started in prisons as a symbol that you already had a "friend" and should be left alone. True?
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Nope. It was an inner-city gang thing. Baggy clothes hid weapons.
 
rrfield said:
I hate sluts, but this is not the responsibility of the government, this falls under the jurisdiction of PARENTS.

No way I would vote for this. Vote libertarian.
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damn that was well said. damn right.



though I will miss the thongs :blank:
 
chcr said:
I agree, it's certainly not something that should be legislated regardless of how stupid it looks. This law in VA is just more of the inevitable backlash against the PC movement of the last couple of decades, IMO.
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Virginia has gone wack happy lately. Theres been recent legislation to essentially make gays into second class citizens and they are also trying to ram through a bill to promote prayer time in public school (and allow proselytizing!). Apparently the latest craze in this country is to see how much we can piss on the constitution in the name of "my personal beliefs".
 
Embarrassed Virginia state Senate drops droopy-drawers ban bill

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia state legislators dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just too embarrassing.



The bill, which would have slapped a $50 fine on people who wear their pants so low their underwear is visible in "a lewd or indecent manner," passed the state House of Delegates on Tuesday but was killed by a Senate committee two days later in a unanimous vote.


Republican Senator Thomas Norment said news reports implied legislators were preoccupied with droopy pants.


"I find that an indignation, which dampens my humour," Norment said.


Republican Senator Kenneth Stolle, the committee chairman, called the bill "a distraction."


The committee hearing drew a standing-room-only crowd that included about 75 government students from Surry County High School.


"If people in Florida can wear bikinis, a little underwear showing isn't going to hurt anybody," 17-year-old Elvyn Shaw said.


The bill's sponsor, Democratic Delegate Algie Howell, declined to answer reporters' questions Thursday but issued a statement saying the bill "was in direct response to a number of my constituents who found this to be a very important issue."


He has said the constituents included customers at his barber shop who were offended by exposed underwear.
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Dang.
 
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