Out with the saggy clothing! YAY!!

I give these councilmen mucho kudos. I am so sick and tired of having to look at some guy's butt when I'm shopping, eating out, or simply walking out of my front door. Why on earth would you want to go out of your house with your ass literally hanging OUT of your pants? I don't care if it's a pair of designer boxers or a pair of stained Hanes, it's disgusting. I've even seen worse, believe it or not. And trust me, having to see a hairy butt when you're heading up to the salad bar isn't the way to start off a night at a restaurant!

I would also love to see a ban on loud radios. How many times have you been driving down the street and have been able to hear every single F-bomb and descriptions of sex and sex organs through your closed windows? How many times have YOUR windows been the ones vibrating from the bass blasting from a car several yard away? It could be 20-degrees outside and these morons have all of their windows down so that their trashy music can be heard. Besides the crude factor, it should be illegal because of the safety hazard. How can they hear a train? An EMS? A police siren? A firetruck?

Back to the issue at hand -- it's called a belt, people. And respect -- for self and for those around you. Pull your pants up!

from: http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/14/glance_askance_at_baggy_pants50817/ (as always, bold emphasis is mine.)


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Glance askance at baggy pants

By David Slade (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, August 14, 2008

A trio of Charleston City Councilmen plans to consider a ban on low-riding pants, an issue that's spurred controversy in cities across the nation.

From Flint, Mich. to Rivera Beach, Fla., cities have moved to prohibit saggy pants that show the wearer's underpants or skin. Bans also have been rejected, including statewide bans proposed in Louisiana and Virginia.

The three Charleston councilmen said they want to take up the issue because of complaints from the people they represent.

"I've been in neighborhood meetings, and talking with people in the street, who are just disgusted," said Councilman James Lewis. "You'll be in the mall having to walk behind these guys, having to look at their underwear, and it's just not appropriate."

Councilman Wendell Gilliard said saggy pants are associated with gangs and drugs, and should not be tolerated.

"What about that innocent child who grows up with a parent who wears saggy pants?" he said. "When your pants are down, your pride is down."

Gilliard suggested that wearers of saggy pants should be forced to serve on work details, or pay a fine.

"Sometimes, hard times call for extreme measure," he said.

Last year, state Rep. Robert Brown, D-Hollywood, called for a ban on saggy pants throughout South Carolina but backed down in the face of opposition.

"The ACLU and the NAACP — I didn't want to fight that battle at that time," Brown said. "I may still consider it, now that Jasper County has done it and Charleston is thinking about it." [Pam note: SCREW THE ACLU AND THE NAACP! These organizations thrive on bullying those who don't subscribe to an uber-liberal, self-entitlement, lazy as hell mentality. It's time for the decent people in our nation to rise and and fight these groups!]


In June, Jasper County Council banned wearing pants more than 3 inches below the hips and exposing skin or intimate clothing.

Gilliard said this isn't like the time in 2003 when he tried to ban sunbathers in bikinis from Marion Square.

"That was different," he said. "That had nothing to do with drugs and crime."

Lewis and Councilman Robert Mitchell said they planned to raise the issue when City Council meets Tuesday, and were surprised to see Gilliard on television this week talking about a proposed ordinance.

"I saw this on television last night and said, 'What the devil is he doing'," Mitchell said. "Now, we've got the horse before the cart."

None of the councilmen has seen an ordinance, and it's not clear that one has been drafted, though Lewis asked the city's legal team to prepare one.

Mitchell said some young people have made their objections known to him.

"They tell me this is how they dress and if people don't want to see it, they should close their eyes," he said. "You know how young people are."

Gilliard said he first raised the issue of banning saggy pants three years ago, and didn't feel like he was jumping the gun by talking about a possible ordinance this week. He credited Lewis with reviving the issue.

All three of the councilmen represent predominantly black peninsular neighborhoods.

"It's not going to be just targeting young black men," Lewis said. "Lots of people have baggy pants."

Reach David Slade at 937-5552 or dslade@postand courier.com.