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Louisiana Town Bans 'Sagging Pants'
AP
DELCAMBRE, La. (June 13) - Overly saggy britches are obscene, the Delcambre Town Council says. So does Mayor Carol Broussard, who said he will sign an anti-sag ordinance passed unanimously this week.
Once Delcambre, La.'s new ordinance takes effect, people caught wearing pants that expose underwear or more will face fines of $500 and possible jail time.
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The new indecent exposure ordinance in this Cajun-country town of about 2,000 carries penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or, in the mayor's phrase, "private parts."
"I don't know if it will do any good, but it won't hurt," said Delcambre Councilman Albert Roy, who introduced the ordinance. "It's obvious, and anybody with common sense can see your parts when you wear sagging pants ."
The meeting Monday night packed the small trailer that has been Town Hall since Hurricane Rita swept in six feet of storm surge on Sept. 24, 2005.
Low-hanging, baggy pants have become a fashion fad, mostly for young men in the hip-hop culture. Several residents objected that the ordinance targeted blacks.
Broussard denied any racial motivation. "White people wear sagging pants, too. Anybody who wears these pants should be held responsible."
"Fifty years ago you wouldn't need a law saying that it's obscene for teenagers to expose their private parts in public."
»Read the postAlthough Roy, who is black, introduced the ordinance, he said a $500 fine is outrageous: "I think it should be something like $25."
The ordinance states, "It shall be unlawful for any person in any public place or in view of the public to be found in a state of nudity, or partial nudity, or in dress not becoming to his or her sex, or in any indecent exposure of his or her person or undergarments, or be guilty of any indecent or lewd behavior."
The law applies to women as well as men, the mayor said Wednesday. "If you expose some of your privates, the crack of your behind, if somebody feels insulted they should press charges. If you're offended by it, we want to straighten that out."
The clause about "dress not becoming to his or her sex" doesn't forbid cross-dressing, Broussard said. "A dress, I wouldn't find that obscene. As long as he covers himself and it's not too short."
The ordinance isn't needed because the state has an indecent exposure law, resident Sylvester Harris said during Monday's meeting. But town attorney Ted Ayo said the measure expands on the state law by adding underwear to the list of forbidden exposures.
"This is a new ordinance that deals specifically with sagging pants," Ayo said. "It's about showing off your underwear in public."
Town resident Adam George had another objection. "It's just going to be harassment," he said at the Monday meeting. "People that don't like me are going to call and complain on me and say I've got saggy pants. I'm going to have to pay to bond out, even if I'm right."
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"It's not like I'm showing my privates or anything like that," George said. "It's my boxers."
Mayor Broussard's public advice for people who like their pants to hang low: "Just wear it properly. Cover your vital parts. I mean, if you expose your private parts, you'll get a fine. If you walk up and your pants drop, you get a fine. They're better off taking the pants off and just wearing a dress." |
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| sirmoonie |
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They're better off taking the pants off and just wearing a dress.
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| voodoopug |
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| CraigP |
What...the...fuck...? |
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| sirmoonie |
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What...the...fuck...?
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| Fiji Joe |
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Matt is not pleased
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| voodoopug |
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Matt is not pleased
WHere the hell have you been? Sadly, the board has been overrun by Dylan fans, floaters, and supporters of such rendering such legends as you and I basically non factors:
Note: There is very little emotion anymore created by our posts!
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| Fiji Joe |
We have been Back Street Boyed into submission....
This new breed...raised on Play Station and Nirvana...they're postin'...but are they really postin'?...I will not become a cobbled together relic on display at the nature science center...a booger depository for fifth graders on a field trip...Relevance seeks me...I do not seek it...the shadows...it never looks in the the shadows |
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| Joey |
" ... I will not become a cobbled together relic on display at the nature science center...a booger depository for fifth graders on a field trip...Relevance seeks me...I do not seek it...the shadows...it never looks in the the shadows "
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| Fiji Joe |
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| Fiji Joe |
"Fiji...I just love your posts"
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| Fiji Joe |
The Joey Effect
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| pdog |
I do not understand and do not want to understand... |
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| Joey |
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We have been Back Street Boyed into submission....
This new breed...raised on Play Station and Nirvana...they're postin'...but are they really postin'?...I will not become a cobbled together relic on display at the nature science center...a booger depository for fifth graders on a field trip...Relevance seeks me...I do not seek it...the shadows...it never looks in the the shadows
"Lil Fiji..I just got a feeling that in 15 or 20 years, you're gonna be somebody...maybe like a writer or something"
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| Fiji Joe |
That's what this board has been missing...my minty fresh posts...I tell you what Joey...if it will liven things up around here, I'm gonna give you my Jim Nabors material...just give it to you...it's starting to funkify the house anyway
"Pyle...pretending to be a cymbal is not gonna make Charlie Watts fall in love with you"
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| Joey |
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That's what this board has been missing.......
" Joey's ' The Sparky Chronicles ' has taken message board posting to new heights --- and the world is much better off ! " ( Aubrey Haines , Postin' Weekly ) . |
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| lotsajizz |
MUCH!!
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| Mel Belli |
I was disappointed to run into the NSC in this subject line ... I really thought there could've been some Stones-related content herein. "Reality ... catching up...," etc. |
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| BONOISLOVE |
I love this thread so much that I JUST cannot explain how much I love it. |
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