Posted by StuWhoMoved (anonymous) on September 28, 2009 at 2:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Every town needs to adopt this ordinance.

Posted by lajazzlvr (anonymous) on September 28, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Outstanding! StuWhoMoved, you are absolutely correct.

Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on September 28, 2009 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Natchez needs this law....I'm tired of guys coming in my business like that and having to tell them to pull their pants up and I'm tired of arguing with them about it, .......

Posted by endofitall (anonymous) on September 28, 2009 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Recommend your City Council write the law as did Thibodaux.
It is offensive behavior, and should be dealt with accordingly.

Posted by belle_south (anonymous) on September 29, 2009 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It goes for women too. I don't want to see their butt crack either.

Posted by southernwoman (anonymous) on September 29, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

or their boobs.

Posted by southernwoman (anonymous) on September 29, 2009 at 1:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Have they put in a burka shop in Thibodaux yet?

Posted by crackbaby (anonymous) on September 29, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Kinda looks like, when a five year old puts on his dads clothes trying to look grown up, but the clothes wont stay up. I guess in this case these guys symbolize being an adult, though while in public being comfortable with a 5 year olds mentality??? LOL

Posted by Kaintuck (anonymous) on September 30, 2009 at 8:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Strange as it may seem, these are precisely the kinds of laws, when implemented in cities, that actually begin to reduce crime: window wash guys that rush cars at stoplights, clean the glass, then demand payment - even when not requested - jaywalking, lewd comments in public, etc. When police actively go after these behaviors, "bad boys" seem to intuitively comprehend that change "is a comin' ", and straighten-up, or more frequently move. The flip-side is, that towns that allow all of the above, get all the above, and much, much more criminal activity. THE best community law enforcement is done by beat cops on foot that know every square inch of their turf. They often get help and tips from sympathetic citizens and former crime victims who know and trust them....

Posted by fed_up (anonymous) on October 1, 2009 at 2:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

We really need a law like this around here. We need to do something about the loud music too, or should I say the loud noise because it doesn't sound much like music.

Posted by cchat123 (anonymous) on October 1, 2009 at 7:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HELLO!

There are more important problems to solve.... the sagging pants issue is a slippery slope if there ever was one.
Trying to regulate a person right to expression...next it will be long hair, men with more than one earring, tattos, bra straps showing, hotpants. nipples showing in T-shirts, etc.
Please ignore these immature children faux pas and get on with the matters which are truly impacting taxpayers.

Posted by StuWhoMoved (anonymous) on October 2, 2009 at 3:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

cchat express all you want just dont show me your butt while your doing it. Sagging pants started as advertisement in prison. The homosexuals were showing they were available by exposing their backsides. Geuss there are a lot more homosexual than i thought. I wear a belt AND suspenders to make sure people understand my status.

Posted by ijohnson (anonymous) on October 2, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The plumbers have been exposing their butts for years! There's even a name for it, "plumber's crack"! Maybe the kids are emulating the plumbers with a new generational trend.

I can't stand the sight of it ... no matter whose wearing it. So, I hope they will start ticketing "Joe the plumber", too!!!!!!

Posted by cchat123 (anonymous) on October 2, 2009 at 9:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Homosexuals really don't have to rely on sagging pants to advertise...same sex attraction operates akin hetrosexual attraction...so don't talk silly all your life.

Posted by southernbelle (anonymous) on October 3, 2009 at 12:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Saggy pants ! Do ya'll think they will hold up in court? lol. I hate saggy pants especially with skidmarks!

Posted by southernwoman (anonymous) on October 3, 2009 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

SB, what did you mean when you said "I hate saggy pants especially with skidmarks!"?

Posted by hossfly (anonymous) on October 3, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

SW: You mean "sagging a bust" instead of "bustin' a sag?"

Posted by southernbelle (anonymous) on October 3, 2009 at 8:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

southernwoman, don't pick on me. If you don't know ,I'm not not goin there.

Posted by southernwoman (anonymous) on October 3, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

SB, gee I didn't realize it was something you didn't want to talk about when you brought it up.

Posted by southernbelle (anonymous) on October 4, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a little off-color joke,SW. And please don't say I'm racist because I used the word color.

Posted by jammin1 (anonymous) on October 4, 2009 at 5:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Actually the trend of sagging pants did begin in prisons. It started because sometimes you can't get the right size clothing.
Of course some of our more impressionable youth saw it and were made to believe it was cool by those in the prisons.
Some of those in prison boost about it as if it were something to be proud of that they ended up there.
Therefore those impressionable young people hear the bragging and starts wearing their clothes like that too.

From there it spread around the country like wild fire and most of those that do it have no idea what trend they are following!

Posted by Kaintuck (anonymous) on October 4, 2009 at 8:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Someone could make a fortune selling bright orange jump-suits, or better yet, zebra-striped outfits, to fashion-conscious teenagers....

Posted by mrmojorisin (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 6:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good thing no one thought to pass a law aganst "Beatle" haircuts when we were kids or we'd all have a record.........

It's just a fad. They'll grow out of it...or they won't. I know plenty of grown men running around today with their hair still down in their face, baseball caps turned backwards, or bald heads, beer bellies, and fu manchu's........

I used to rail against my daughter's abuse of eye makeup until I attended parent's night at the local church youth group and all the 7th grade girls looked like they were attending a raccoon convention....
One day, they'll be like the rest of us when served up that "disco" picture from the '70s with the huge clog shoes, rayon shirts, and Saturday Night Fever 3-piece polyester suit.........shocked and awed!

Did anyone see Jon BonJovi's face when he saw the picture of his hair in the 80's..........same thing.

Let the kids be kids---it's all the mean spirited, memory challenged, over-generalizing people who hate everything, I worry about.

--mojo

Posted by grungebob (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 7:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

No butt cracks. no boobs. What's wrong with you people?

Posted by faithblessings (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 12:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Not children ,butt....
Prison mentality

Posted by Gimmeabreak (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When I don't like the way something or someone looks...I just turn my head or shut my eyes, it works.

Posted by ijohnson (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 3:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

((mrmojorisin and Gimmeabreak)) Your posts reflect a lot of my own thoughts about this issue. I have a couple of more observations and comments I would like to share, then I'm done (finished) with this subject.

I appears we are very quick to forget our own transgressions or we have selective memory when it comes to similar issues. Remember the "hippie" years when most of the young folks were wearing their hair long and wore hip-hugger (low-rider) jeans?!?!?!? Most parents hated it and the schools would sanction male students who violated the dress code by wearing their hair below their shirt collar. But they wore it until they matured and outgrew the look or the fad changed.

I often hear awful high-pitched screaming sounds that come from pickup trucks blasting heavy metal music. I would put it into the same category and some of the rap >> inaudible lyrics with lots of negative messages. I just roll my windows up and go on about my business never to think about again during the course of my day because I have more important things needing my attention.

I don't understand why some of you posters find it appropriate to mention "sagging pants", "rap music" and "big rims" almost every time an article mentions an inner-city kid or incident!?!?!?!

At least you're not looking at these young men's butt-crack -- because they do wear underwear and their clothes are clean.

Try to find more productive ways to make yourself feel better other than beating up on this group of young men with the same old lame crap! Other than being young and impressionable, there's nothing wrong with most of them. However, there appears to be something seriously wrong with you if you find your comments amusing, warranted and appropriate.

Posted by mrmojorisin (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Amen, ijohnson---------the operative word here is tolerance!

Kids are always gonna do the most outrageous thing they can to upset their parents and the older generation in general. That does not make them bad or worthless.

One of my daughters grew her beautiful blonde hair down to her shoulder on one side, shaved the other side above her ear and dyed it all jet black, wore huge hoop earrings, painted her fingernails and toenails black, and wore black clothes...graduated with honors from Miss State with a Master's Degree, taught there for a few years and now she's now the principal of a highschool in Jackson. Another one dyed her hair five different colors at once, and wore nothing but t-shirts, jeans, flip-flops, and a eyebrow ring all through college...rain, shine, cold or hot...she graduated summa cum laude, is now a nurse practitioner. They are both happily married these days with kids of their own....I can't wait for the payback........

It's the ones that are still doing it in their 50's that scare me..............

--mojo

Posted by mrmojorisin (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 4:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hmmmm...I almost forgot to mention my daughter #3...maybe that's because she was always perfectly normal...at least to me---beautiful soft, blondish brown hair pulled back in a bow, Ralph Lauren button down shirts, Tommy Hilfiger jeans, Cole-Haan tassel loafers and a RL Crew neck sweater draped around her shoulders...or a pleated skirt, knee socks, Weejuns and a sweater tied around her waist.......and she did equally well in college and in life, is just as happily married, and has her own son and daughter.

Now #4 may be something all together new---she's in junior high and these days she's just gone crazy---rap music and re-discovery of the Beatles...mini shorts, t-shirts, and Sperry's, and she already knows more about high-tech accessories than an MIT grad......I'm buckling in for the ride, while she teaches me how to pay my bills on line---------hooyah!!

--mojo

Posted by ijohnson (anonymous) on October 5, 2009 at 9:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

((mrmojorisin)) I see you are speaking from experience!!! Daughter #3 sounds like me >> straight-laced and conservative in dress with a strong understanding of self and with her own individual style.

Now, daughter #4 appears to be very open-minded and adventurous. Yeah, you may need to buckle in for the ride but I wouldn't worry too much. Your other daughters turned out just fine and daughter #4 will too!

Posted by mrmojorisin (anonymous) on October 6, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Yeah, I know---that's the point, right?

It's the whole book and the cover thing...we put too much emphasis on what people look like, how they dress, skin color, blah, blah, blah....it is what is inside that counts.

--mojo