America slowly going the way of the taleban

mloc · 14-06-2007 02:39PM #1

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 · 14-06-2007 02:44PM

I forsee mass protests from the construction industry.

Tar.Aldarion · 14-06-2007 02:48PM

Great law there.

Eoin · 14-06-2007 03:02PM

America slowly going the way of the taleban

That really is a "tale ban"

aidan_walsh · 14-06-2007 03:13PM

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

biko · 14-06-2007 03:17PM

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

Mahatma coat · 14-06-2007 03:22PM

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

skywalker · 14-06-2007 03:29PM

Wont someone please think of the thongs!

Jim · 14-06-2007 03:29PM

eoin_s wrote:

That really is a "tale ban"

I hope you die IRL.

Eoin · 14-06-2007 03:49PM

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

I hope you die IRL.

The odds are overwhelming that I will, but thanks.

Jesus Wept · 14-06-2007 03:57PM

"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 · 14-06-2007 04:06PM

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

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 14-06-2007 04:09PM

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 · 14-06-2007 04:11PM

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 · 14-06-2007 04:14PM

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 · 14-06-2007 04:15PM

Jimeatsmenu banned until Monday.

Duggy747 · 14-06-2007 04:16PM

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!

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 14-06-2007 04:23PM

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 · 14-06-2007 04:25PM

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

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 14-06-2007 04:48PM

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 · 14-06-2007 05:09PM

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

Dave! · 14-06-2007 05:13PM

What are "saggy trouser"?

Zillah · 14-06-2007 05:19PM

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

Dr. Seuss · 14-06-2007 05:29PM

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

I hope you die IRL.

His name is Eoin.

And jimmy eats world are sh*t, mate!

5starpool · 14-06-2007 05:39PM

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 · 14-06-2007 05:47PM

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

Tis the way Ireland has always been

Rb · 14-06-2007 06:32PM

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! · 14-06-2007 06:52PM

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 · 14-06-2007 07:21PM

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 · 14-06-2007 07:28PM

from the comments on the lower link above

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

rofl

Dooom · 14-06-2007 10:22PM

eoin_s wrote:

That really is a "tale ban"

lol

America slowly going the way of the taleban

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