While the saggy pants are silly looking (to me) and it irritates me when I see a kid wearing their pants like that, I realize that these are kids and they think it is "cool". I remember my mom, teachers, etc all were irritated with my generation in the 80s because we cut holes all in our jeans. I no longer cut holes all in my jeans. These kids will grow up too. Sagging pants shows less skin than cutting holes in our jeans. They just like to show off their boxers nowadays it seems. And, let's not forget the "daisy dukes" of the early 90s.
On a side note, I have 3 kids (one is a boy) and he does not sag his pants at all (we live in Gulf Shores and it is not very popular here I have noticed, but if it were popular here I am sure I would be getting on to him for sagging his pants).

One HUGE difference....it is not just the kids who are wearing their pants like this!!!! Look around. The ONLY positive thought out of "them" wearing their pants like they do...it will be harder to run from the police when being chased.

Get a job, buy a belt, and hike up your pants!!!!

I think every crook that wants to run from the law ought to wear them myself! Easier to catch them when they are trying to run, and holding their pants up so the can run, at the same time!

This is as bad as the sex toy ban! The government has no right to regulate what I do in the bedroom just as much as they have no right to determine what kind of pants I wear! I understand have indecency laws, no g-strings in public of course, but this law says you wear baggy pants not that you can't let your butt crack hang out.

I havn't read this law, maybe it is worded in such a way that it is simply putting a law against your booty hanging out, but I sure hope people are being careful in how they word this because it is coming very close to infringing on our rights.

It's all in the eye of the beholder. I personally think "saggy pants" show no style. They are sloppy looking and leaves a bad impression. Whenever you see someone dressed in "saggy pants" and having to grab their crotch to hold them up, it's disgusting. It is not attractive. You can tell real men who have class by the way they dress.

Saggy Pants - thats the difference between a man and a boy, men don't where baggy pants as a rule. Parents don't buy them and kids won't wear them!!! We need to teach kids better as a society.

What do you mean "men don't wear them"? Have you looked around?

I don't really get this outrage either. Yes, I agree it looks ridiculous, but why do some of y'all think it's a problem that needs to be addressed with a ban or a law?

Plumbers have been showing their butt cracks forever but I don't hear a lot of complaining about that. Personally I think baggy pants are less offensive than bra-less big-boobed women slinging those puppies around under tank tops in public. Or lycra bike pants on women who weigh 200 pounds. Or a face full of piercings. Ewww.

The point is, everybody has different tastes about what they like and what they think makes them cool. And I think it's okay for others who don't share their opinion to not like it. But when people think we need laws that define "proper" or acceptable dress, it reminds me of futuristic movies where all the clones are wearing identical garb.

-nab

Hmmm... Ok.. I googled "Atlanta Saggy Pants". Interesting reading..

The city of Atlanta has NOT banned saggy pants. The school system has. A big difference there.

I agree with the school system. Anything that is a distraction too or for the students needs to be removed.

As for the city....

Well here: I want to quote a young lady's words;

"Legislation that would penalize someone for wearing sagging pants is blatant assault on a person's freedom of expression. A person's choice of clothing - and how they wear that clothing - is a right with which every American is endowed. An attempt to restrict such expression would be like robbing the flag of its stars."

The above was written by a young journalist named Maggie Good writing for the RedAndBlack.com, a student paper at the University Of Georgia.

PawnsAreTasty - 28 February 2008 10:25 PM

This is as bad as the sex toy ban! The government has no right to regulate what I do in the bedroom just as much as they have no right to determine what kind of pants I wear! I understand have indecency laws, no g-strings in public of course, but this law says you wear baggy pants not that you can't let your butt crack hang out.

I havn't read this law, maybe it is worded in such a way that it is simply putting a law against your booty hanging out, but I sure hope people are being careful in how they word this because it is coming very close to infringing on our rights.

When they are wearing them out in public and showing ME their butt crack then it becomes my business. If they want to wear them in their bedroom so be it. You CANNOT compare the sex toy ban to this law.


Also hoodlums and rap music are what started this trend with their bad language, racial slurs and talking about killing cops. It is not cool to wear baggy pants to conceal weapons or narcotics. Get a clue!