No Saggy Pants For You

1. Evilbeagle
   January 16th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

   Not a fan of saggy pants, but seriously, illegalizing them is a bit much. This guy is obsessed and on a power trip. What next? Make up? Anything green?

   I usually criticize people that come onto comment sections when they read something silly and say, "Don't police have better things to do?" or "Don't you know there are kids *fill in a hardship* in *fill in a country*?" but this is one case where it would apply.

2. SenorMysterioso
   January 16th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

   Absolutely ridiculous. Maybe we do have issues that are bigger than the constitution. Is saggy pants one of them?

3. Jason
   January 16th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

   You're right. Stop going to school and sag your pants in protest for the next four years.

   Promote the thug life.

   Society will pick up the tab for you and your crib.

4. caitlin13
   January 16th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

   *bigger* than the constitution?! What?! Its just bad fashion!

5. Matt K
   January 16th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

   The only time sagging pants matters is when they sag so look your junk hangs out. We already have laws for that (indecent exposure) so why bother?

6. Johnny Cat
   January 16th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

   The guy is a fashion nazi. Just look at his ridiculous 5-pointed hanky. Wow.

7. ukanduit
   January 16th, 2009 at 8:53 pm

   I agree with you Jason! this is about more than just fashion.

8. Josh
   January 16th, 2009 at 9:01 pm

   Sagging pants means you are homo and wanting. It is basically telling another person I am ready to take it or give it to me now. It was created in prison and most idiots do not know this. They just think it is just another style but they are retards.

   I like to see them stay a couple nights in prison. I bet they would have trouble walking after they get out.

9. HollywoodBob
   January 16th, 2009 at 9:02 pm

   Actually now, I think if he were to make the public exposing of ones underwear obscene, that minor change would deal with the problem because then the local/state obscenity laws would handle the situation, and adding something like that to obscenity statutes would be far less difficult than outlawing sagging trousers.

10. Anon
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    Saggy pants is really up there in tasteless... why is is it always the "hip-hop" /rap culture that comes up with the ugliest fashions?? Grills, bling, rolling up one pant leg... where is the ugliness going to end??

11. Josh
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    @Anon
    Hip-Hop and Rap did not come up with it. Inmates in prison did. They do it to let other guys know he is homosexual and is wanting some.

12. Miller
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    If only this much energy was wasted trying to solve one of the worlds problems...

    Im sure kids in Nigeria, Etheopia, ect would kill to be able to wear saggy pants!

    When I use the word retarded, I mean no offence to those with disabilities, I direct it toward people in authority that have their heads stuck up their A$$ so far they cant see the light.

13. nick
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    josh is right.

14. Miller
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    I know this wont help one bit in the big picture of things but I found his email, the email of his colleagues.

    Now in the process of explaining how muchof a waste of personal resources this is.

    I dont wear saggy pants myself, however I could care less that anyone else would.

    You would think someone who has more than likely grown up with some racial prejudice for no more than the color of his skin... would post prejudice against thosee who choose to wear their pants a little too big.

    Beyond me!

15. Arden
    January 16th, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Well I for one would be pleased to say goodbye to ghetto culture, whatever part of it. Outlawing saggy pants sounds kinda ridiculous, but its still a part of that I guess. Besides, ghetto culture is nasty, it is for backwards people who care NOTHING about education and advancing human society, and more about their cars and bling, violent gang life, or "hoes n bitches" of course..

    And before anyone tries to call me racist or something, a lot of white people get into this stupid nonsense as well. I don't know why the hell ANYONE does though, even when they're born into decent neighborhoods or even rich families, these idiots still think ghetto culture is SOO cool, without ever thinking about what it means and how absurdly negative it is.

16. Steohawk
    January 16th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    He thinks banning saggy pants is more important than respecting the Constitution"? Is he a mayor or a dictator? Besides, while saggy pants might be unappealing to most people, this isn't an issue of morality. It's about aesthetics, which are in the eye of the beholder. "Decency laws" are just an excuse for wannabe dictators to impose aesthetic standards upon others. The ethical issue has nothing to do with particular styles of clothing (or lack thereof), but with people's attitudes. In other words, it's morally right for a person to wear saggy pants because they think it's beautiful, but it's morally wrong for a person to dress in a suit and tie if they're doing so out of disrespect.

17. d
    January 16th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

    if pants sag just right they can look good, these dumbos are all extremists^

18. xTivo
    January 16th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    I actually don't have a problem with this. The whole baggy pants things started when people got out of jail, and their pants no longer fit because they had lost weight. AKA anybody with ANY kind of future doesn't wear them. Outlawing it gives deadweight one less way to identify eachother, which i have no problem with.

19. Warren
    January 16th, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    Saggy pants,saggy mentality.

20. GailW
    January 16th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    People who let their pants sag below their A$$ crack are retarded. And retardation isnt illegal. Yet.

21. Christophe
    January 17th, 2009 at 12:53 am

    Xtivo : even more : baggy pants became a sign in gangs advertizing that the wearer spent some time in prison and was proud of it.
    But I don't think this mayor is concerned by that : I bet he also want to put all plumbers in jail for their famous crack

22. Thebes
    January 17th, 2009 at 1:33 am

    Bigger than the Constitution? Whats that, an armed populace?

23. Justin
    January 17th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    While people should be able to wear what they want, there comes a point when you just have to say no. Walking around in a public place with your pants sagged so low that your underwear and ass crack are showing should not be tolerated.

    You shouldn't tell people what to wear, but at the same time you shouldn't let people wear anything without restraint. Otherwise we would have crazy old men walking down the streets in only a g-string.

    You have to strike a balance and I really don't think this is something that should be embraced.

24. SenorMysterioso
    January 17th, 2009 at 4:25 am

    So you cant tell them what to wear but you can tell them what not to wear? Is your name Justin or is it Stacey London : P

25. Guy
    January 17th, 2009 at 4:57 am

    I live in Jackson, and Melton is fucking nuts. He's been arrested for paying minors to demolish a house which he assumed belonged to a drug dealer (they found no drugs.) He literally dresses up like law enforcement and goes around the city fighting crime. And that just scratches the surface of all the crazy shit he's done.

    Instead of enforcing a dress-code, maybe he should be focusing on the rampant crime and poverty that spreads throughout Jackson.

26. Guy
    January 17th, 2009 at 5:05 am

    Or just read this

    http://www.reason.com/news/show/123117.html

27. chiefjoe
    January 17th, 2009 at 5:25 am

    Coupla things:

    1. This law has gotten a lot of criticism, not just for maybe being unconstitutional, but from law enforcement. It's a whole lot easier to catch a guy running, when his pants are falling down.

    2. Frank Melton isn't a stranger to "bending" laws:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Melton#Controversy

    I swear, this state...

28. Miller
    January 17th, 2009 at 5:29 am

    A complete waste of resources!

    Whats next? Some Mayor that doesn't like guys with long hair?

    Bet that will never fly. Picture 40,000 guys from the 80's with Mullets protesting on Capital Hill..All of which riding a Harley.

    Not a pretty scene I agree!

    Regardless of if you agree with it. I think the more important things in his city may be considered the following...

    Local Health care facilities
    Food Banks
    Soup Kitchens
    Animal control
    Shelters for Women
    Clean Water
    Ect, Ect, Ect

    I could go on and on as I am sure you could all do as well.

    Surely this city has something more deserving of this effort than Baggy pants!!

    I dress in a suit every day for work. I do this because of my own choice, my own free will. I do so in a place where it is not required however many of us do the same. So I guess I am guilty of conforming to an extent. When I come home however I dress in what makes me comfortable.

    Regarding this instance though and...

    Beyond the waste of resources. What right do any of us have to tell someone how to dress. As far as I am concerned as long as his or her genitals arent exposed. What is the big deal? We see their boxers? Get over it!

    We as people should be evolved past this! I strongly disagree with those who object! If you as a person, cannot discern between a fashion choice and a class of people. In my opinion you are likely prone to racism as well.

    Some of us need to get over ourselves!

    Some of us that are influenced by friends, family, certain groups.. Need to pull their heads out from between their legs, Grow some balls and grow an opinion of their own. I feel bad for people who grow up with this hatred of others. A hatred of one group is easily transferred to the hatred of another.

    Some of us just have no hope in hell in being rational when it comes to these things. Those are the ones I predict will carry on racism, carry on discrimination, carry on a belief that they are better than anyone else.

    blah blah blah

    This is much more than likely falling on deaf ears right now. Just had to write what I was thinking.

    Point in closing. Waste of Tax Payers money, Waste of Resources, Waste of everyone's time!

    Lame!

29. smee
    January 17th, 2009 at 6:46 am

    this is exactly why i went back to live in germany.... ridiculous!

30. Lemon
    January 17th, 2009 at 10:56 am

    Wow I didn't know there were so many misconceptions about saggy pants origin. Here is the real deal: http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp Basically it started because of too big clothing and no belts in prison. The homo thing is just a way of making fun of another group.

31. skidworth
    January 17th, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    ok, here is a double standard....you fruity democratic liberal "civil rights" advocates are gushing over the right to wear ghetto pants, but you cannot wear a shirt with the confederate flag on it in a public school. freedom of expression? chew on that!

32. Alex
    January 17th, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    it is crucial for all of us to stand up and declare our rights to sag our pants.

    Just don't stand up too fast lest the pants sag all the way to your ankles!

33. Evilbeagle
    January 17th, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    @skidworth

    I don't necessarily believe in either of the parties, but really don't care what someone wears, so long as they are wearing something.

34. Skipweasel
    January 17th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Can I illegalize the word illegalize? It's so ugly.

35. Shurik
    January 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Josh shut your mouth you ignoramus
    invented in jail? do you really believe that? Isn't it more likely that somebodys pants didnt fit them properly, or do you make a habit of citing homosexuality on things you don't like?

36. ted
    January 18th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    Yes, every time we mention jail, we have to throw in the homosexual card.

    Saggy pants used to be a gang thing, but now it's just a silly fashion that's been going on for years.

    That's why the whole "shave a star in your hair" thing was silly, because gang symbols eventually become so watered-down, they really make no difference.

37. Cricketstar09
    January 18th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    The story is absurd, but the hankie in his breast pocket is even more absurd.

38. mnvm10
    January 18th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    If he's that determined to make it illegal,he should just make a mandtory belt law. You know sagging pants are only produced without a belt. Jail,Gang or not a belt has to fit in there somewhere.

39. wix
    January 18th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    "...we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution."

    Wow, really? How absurdly unqualified does one have to be to come up with something like that?

40. 24Slashing
    January 19th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    Time for the rest of us to stand up and declare our rights to not be subjected to seeing your crappy underwear. If pants are too much trouble, wear shorts.

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