America slowly going the way of the taleban

mloc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6751777.stm

In this latest move, showing any underwear coming out of your trousers can be punished by up to 6 months in jail. Low slung trousers are being banned, in an attempt to stop "indecent exposure".

I reckon it's cos all the fat white lawmakers just don't look good in low cut jeans.

Red Hand

I forsee mass protests from the construction industry.

Tar.Aldarion

Great law there.

Eoin

America slowly going the way of the taleban

That really is a "tale ban"

aidan_walsh

A mayor of one town in a single state passes a silly law. The whole country has obviously gone to the dogs, really.

biko

US police actually like low slung trousers. Often gangmembers will trip and fall when running from the cops. True story.

Mahatma coat

about time they started banning Dressing like a Mong, nevr uderstood that 'Fashion' meself

skywalker

Wont someone please think of the thongs!

Jim

eoin_s wrote:

That really is a "tale ban"

I hope you die IRL.

Eoin

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

I hope you die IRL.

The odds are overwhelming that I will, but thanks.

Jesus Wept

"Mr Broussard denied it was racially motivated.
"White people wear sagging pants, too," he said."


He's right, my arse barely fills my jeans.

vorbis

can people stop finding silly stories and using them in a stupid attempt to paint all Americans as stupid / bigoted / repressive ?

DonkeyStyle \o/

I suppose then, if showing your underwear is indecent exposure, they'll have to ban most Calvin Klien ads.

I could understand if someone was walking around in nothing but a pair of y-fronts that had big yellow dried pee stains on the front and streaky brown poop stains on the back... and you had to sit next to this person on the bus... but c'mon... jail time for dressing like a hip-hop guy?

I think it looks a bit daft personally, but I don't think it's indecent or something the general public needs to be protected from... I'd consider it freedom of expression.
The headline should read "FASCIST FASHION POLICE GIVEN NEW POWERS" :rolleyes:

Slow Motion

vorbis wrote:

can people stop finding silly stories and using them in a stupid attempt to paint all Americans as stupid / bigoted / repressive ?

We know they're not ! It's just the ones in charge of the country

aidan_walsh

vorbis wrote:

can people stop finding silly stories and using them in a stupid attempt to paint all Americans as stupid / bigoted / repressive ?

But what would that leave the real stupid, bigoted, repressive people to do?

scojones

Jimeatsmenu banned until Monday.

Duggy747

That's pretty damn bad though I never understood that whole fashion thing, it looks like they can take a shìt while they walk (or they're busting for one).

Skateboarding is banned somewhere around Ennis I think, dang young whippersnapper punks with their Mario the Hedgehog games on their Sony XCube 3, bah!!

400th post, yay!

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vorbis wrote:

can people stop finding silly stories and using them in a stupid attempt to paint all Americans as stupid / bigoted / repressive ?

well from that part of the US, a lot if them are stupid / bigoted / repressive

tbh

did you hear the Irish are gone mad going around attacking people with hatchets?

DonkeyStyle \o/

tbh wrote:

did you hear the Irish are gone mad going around attacking people with hatchets?

Yeah bloody savages.
At least they're allowed wear baggy pants though.

lol @ "Land of the free" tbh... "1 in 142 US residents now in prison*"
It's little wonder with laws like these.

Zillah

Thats really an awful law. Thoroughly unconstitutional I'd say. They're going to get sued very fast.

Dave!

What are "saggy trouser"?

Zillah

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43046000/jpg/_43046293_saggyap203b.jpg

Dr. Seuss

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

I hope you die IRL.

His name is Eoin.

And jimmy eats world are sh*t, mate!

5starpool

tbh wrote:

did you hear the Irish are gone mad going around attacking people with hatchets?

Only the nordies, they don't really count.

connundrum

There was yer man who got killed in his car by a horse shoe.

Tis the way Ireland has always been

Rb

Slow Motion wrote:

We know they're not ! It's just the ones in charge of the country

Not to forget the ones that voted for them.

Louisana is full of retard hicks, a lot of whom would be racist also. Therefore, since I've no interest in ever visting the place, meh.

Dave!

Zillah wrote:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43046000/jpg/_43046293_saggyap203b.jpg

Aren't they usually called "baggy trousers"? I know that they "sag", but the popular term among young folk is "baggy".

biko

Gang Signs:
Baggy jeans and the gangbanger look have been adopted by some young people as fashion statements, and do not necessarily mean gangs have arrived at your school. However, the origin of 'sagging and bagging' was to conceal weapons and drugs, and the style still serves that purpose for gang members

How to hide weapons on your person.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

from the comments on the lower link above

So THAT's how you carry all those guns in Quake...

rofl

Dooom

eoin_s wrote:

That really is a "tale ban"

lol

FX Meister

tbh wrote:

did you hear the Irish are gone mad going around attacking people with hatchets?

No

FX Meister

rb_ie wrote:

Louisana is full of retard hicks, a lot of whom would be racist also. Therefore, since I've no interest in ever visting the place, meh.

But it's a rad place despite the people. Just don't look for any fruit, they don't sell any there. FACT

Black Swan

In this latest move, showing any underwear coming out of your trousers can be punished by up to 6 months in jail.

What if you're commando? No problemo?

thehomeofDob

But what about the womiinns!!!?

ejmaztec

Ireland also seems to have also gone a bit "Taliban". Destroying ancient sites in Meath for the sake of a new road is the same as the Taliban blowing up some old irreplaceable Buddhist monuments when they controlled Afghanistan.

Agamemnon

No it isn't.

mloc

ejmaztec wrote:

Ireland also seems to have also gone a bit "Taliban". Destroying ancient sites in Meath for the sake of a new road is the same as the Taliban blowing up some old irreplaceable Buddhist monuments when they controlled Afghanistan.

Well no, not really. We need the road. They just blew up the monuments for religious reasons. It was maliciousness that was behind the destruction of the monuments, not construction.

ejmaztec

mloc wrote:

Well no, not really. We need the road. They just blew up the monuments for religious reasons. It was maliciousness that was behind the destruction of the monuments, not construction.

Sorry, that's okay then - I'll just go and get my jack-hammer - do something constructive.............................

Pigman II

That law seems to make a lot of sense.

http://www.bitetv.ca/blog/archives/Europe%20vs%20America.JPG

Cormic

I do love the irony of the "Land of the free"* banning certain styles of trousers for public decency reasons.

I know that there are silly laws everywhere but this takes the biscuit.

* Land of the free is a trademark of the GWBush corporation. All rights reserved.

Sarsfield

rb_ie wrote:

Louisana is full of retard hicks, a lot of whom would be racist also. Therefore, since I've no interest in ever visting the place, meh.

New Orleans is in Louisiana. It's one of the best places on earth. At least before Hurricane Katrina it was

Plenty or retard hicks out in the boonies though.