Jasper County may adopt pants rule

Posted by Smart_Enough_2_Know_Better on June 14, 2008 at 1:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm not from Jasper County, but if my council members were spending their time and energy worrying about crap like this instead of tackling real problems, I'd be itching to go to the polls.

Really Jasper County, I think the way people wear their pants is the least of your image problems. Why not start with the fact that less than 13% of your population has a college degree?

Of course, that also explains some things...

Posted by eatmorecollards on June 14, 2008 at 3:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Whats wrong with me, I don't find that obscene, I find it really comical. I have had many a good chuckel observing it.

Posted by ForPnC on June 14, 2008 at 4:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think it's funny that they take two steps, hike up their pants, take a step, hike up their pants...

Is it sexy or cool? Not at all. As EMC said, it's a good chuckle. I wonder if they know how ridiculous they look.

Posted by Creeker01 on June 14, 2008 at 4:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You mean its not Kool to look like a thug?

I tell those thugs that it makes it harder for them to run from Da' PO-PO....

Posted by ForPnC on June 14, 2008 at 5:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Creeker01 - You spelled that whole sentence wrong. It should read:

U meane itz snot kool 2 lok lik a thuuug.

Posted by majorjohnson on June 14, 2008 at 8:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Does this mean they'll be arresting plumbers?

Posted by Tulane75 on June 14, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Is the law that boxers may not be visible at the top? What if the boxers are visible from the bottom? What if I stop at the Citgo station on 17 and after sitting in the car, I get out and the boxers are peaking out from the bottom of my short pants? Will I be arrested?

I feel like such an outlaw, sorta like that episode when George Costanza wore a letter jacket and acted like a "bad" dude. After Elaine warned the pretty girl that George was "bad", the pretty girl fell for him.

Hey, this new law could work out after all!

Posted by vicupstate on June 14, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Smart_Enough_2_Know_better said it quite well.

EVERY generation adopts a clothing/grooming style that is intended to shock, at least since the '60's anyway. It's just normal teenage rebellion.

By making it illegal, you only encourage them to do it more. Ignore it, or hell even encourage it, and they will lose interest.

In ten years these young men will be hiding the photos of themselves from today, just as my generation hides their polyester leisure suit photos now.

As Tulane alluded to, if you wear boxers at all, they are going to rise up at the top, at least a little, thus making going shirtless potentially illegal.

Drop this nonsense, before you make Jasper even more of a laughing stock.

Posted by ForPnC on June 14, 2008 at 9:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'LL NEVER HIDE MY OLD POLYESTER PICTURES!
NEVER I SAY!

Damn, I was a hippie extraordinaire. But, I'm all grown up now. Well, most times anyway. Haven't smoked pot in quite a few decades but I'll give Coldbeer a run for the money when it comes to drinking cold beer.

Hey, beer is still legal!

Posted by Tulane75 on June 14, 2008 at 9:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey vicupstate,

It already is illegal to be shirtless... in Easton, MD.

http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1420791&nid...

Posted by KnowAllSeeAll on June 14, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I like what Boortz said: I'd prefer that sagging pants not be made illegal. It helps me spot an idiot that much easier.

"Bustin' a Sag" has been around for almost 20 years, and it's not going anywhere. Why fight it? Like a lot of people, I about bust a gut laughing at these fools that have to run with one hand holding up their trousers. I've also seen plenty a "playa" try to play it smooth by sagging his drawers only to trip over them. Of course, those suspects were also the whitest people I've ever seen trying to pull this off, and it never works!!

Posted by CaptPete on June 14, 2008 at 11:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Waste of time. I hope the ACLU sues you.

Posted by jca on June 14, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

i agree with this and think it should be a federal law.
hear me out before you attack me

clothes that fit properly its harder to conceal a weapon or drugs. or other stolen goods or even stuff to siphon gas. its not about stealing their identity its about protecting the masses
clothes that fit the body properly make it harder to conceal stuff.

this will make it easier for cops to find thugs and gang members
atlanta and many other cities have adopted such laws and have seen crime drop slightly. i dont think this would be an arrestable offense possibly a fine first. i dont know but i think its a great idea.
theres nothing more disgusting than to be sitting in the mall or gas station and have to see some guy and its not just black guys its all races that i have seen wearing clothes ten sizes too big. so big they have to hold them up and they have a belt on. qnd many wonder why they cany get or keep a job. we saw a guy in the movie theater he worked there couldnt scoop popcorn into a bucket and hold on to his pants we went and told the manager and he was fired not his first offense, this was a young white kid of about maybe 18 and he hollered why it gotta be the black man. he was white blonde hair blue eyes fair skin wearing probably a size 40 pants on a size 32 frame. took him ten minutes to get to the door cause of those pants

i agree 100% with this and believe it should be on the federal level. nothing tackier than a grown man who cant find the proper5 size of pants. i dont mind the peeka boo undies over proper fitting clothes but when you can see every inch of the undies thats a problem. to me it shows a lack of parental involvment. my mother would never allow us out of th house like that

Posted by hgefc2002 on June 14, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

don't want to see your cracks, ass, pubic hair, boobs. if you want someone to see them, get a motel. sometimes, i don't want to even see mine.

within the next couple of years won't need a belt anyhow cause the clothing business will go out of business as everyone will be going around naked.

i see pregnant bellies at the beach, i see pubic hair everywhere i go, i see tatoos on all parts of the bodies - so why wear clothes. oh my, i hope i'm not starting a "fad"????

what the hell happened to self respect???? why do so many people want to look like prisoners, are they smart??? dah, don't think so!!!!

what happened to respect of others??? oh, that went along with self respect so that was a dumb question. stupid me.

if parents can't control thier children or parents can't control themselves, then let the law step in. not that the law wants to as they have bigger fish to fry, but sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do.

Posted by jca on June 14, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

go to any mall know it that happens daily.

Posted by drp7773 on June 14, 2008 at 11:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Would be better to make the idiot parents wear the pants since they either bought them for the idiot kid or gave them the money to buy them. What a site 50 or 60 year old wearing these pants.....

Posted by KidYendor on June 14, 2008 at 12:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I can't wear boxers. I have to wear briefs because I need the support. My Hanes Signature briefs are white. I am 51 and would like to bust 50% (halfway down) white brief sags wherever I go like at a Walmart because I want to look cool and fit in and be hip. I think old white men should join me in busting these sorts of sags with their briefs. I wear a 33 inch waist pant so I guess I need a 35 to 38 incher to bust the sag. I will have to get some longer belts too.

Posted by eatmorecollards on June 14, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I don't think bustin a sag would work for me, I believe I'd throw my back out trying to reach my back pocket. Us old guys should just start a new fad. We could get us some of those big pants and pull them up around our chest. That way we could show off our stuff while having ready access to our pockets.

Posted by coolfreaknbeans on June 14, 2008 at 3:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I FULLY support this.Before any freaks out....I was in a Walmart parking lot,this guy gets out of his car,starts to walk and his pants LITERALLY fell to the ground.He was standing directly in front of my car,stops and casually adjusts his boxers and finally pulls his pants up.(although not all the way)I have two girls-one is 12 the other 4.This is indecent exposure.If I were to,as a chick,drop my fn pants,broad daylight in a parking lot-someone would call the cops on me!But if you "fit the bill" looking like a thug,it's all good?I personally dont wanna see it and I sure as hell dont want my two young daughters seeing a strange man in his underwear!

Posted by coolfreaknbeans on June 14, 2008 at 5:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I personally don't care whether or not someone sports baggy clothes.No harm no foul.But you always have some loser who pushes it over the edge.I'd rather see the top edge of some boxers than some trashy ho with her tramp stamp and thong showing.lol Hope this law doesnt single out males only.

Posted by KidYendor on June 14, 2008 at 11:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

They have the Hat Ladies group so why not the Busting a Sag Group for gentlemen over 40 years old so we can parade in a long line in parks like Marion Square with our underwear hanging out. We can swish and sway with our underwear halfway out of our pants and do some fund raising for charitable causes. If we did this and got some press coverage I believe the young people's adulation for "Busting a Sag" would rapidly dissipate.

Posted by berthelot on June 15, 2008 at 7:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You must understand the origins of the "sag trend".

When you go to jail they take away your belt and shoelaces so you can't hang yourself in the cell, which leads to a lot of unintentional "sagging". Certain portions of the community that think it is a positive thing to look like you have just come from jail and have adopted this as a "fashion statement".

The legal question is this: May I walk down the street in my undies legally? As long as I am not exposing myself it would be no more offensive than seeing "overweight speedo guy" at the beach. Take a walk down King Street and look at the display of half dressed women out shopping.

The point of this law is to give the police and excuse to stop black thug looking kids and see if they might be doing something really illegal. That is all.

Posted by retirednavy on June 16, 2008 at 5:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"tramp stamp"

That is funny...

Posted by Charles_Town on June 16, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

As much as I do not like to see, I reckon unless they are exposing their private parts (which there is already a law for) I doubt anything will really come of this.

Posted by charlestonpride on June 16, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The police don't want it to change....it's soooo easy to chase a thug that can't run very fast because his pants are falling down! The trend is changing to the point that belts are being worn....but it goes under the butt cheeks.