Up The Middle

It doesn't matter if you like the way sagging pants look or think that they send the wrong message, passing a law such as this sets a dangerous precedent. (Several municipalities and parishes in Louisiana have already passed similar ordinances although they are relatively new and obviously haven't had to withstand the scrutiny of a constitutional challenge) Let me give a couple of examples of how this law could set precedent- I think morbidly obese people in spandex are grotesque, so can we pass a law against that? I don't like going to the beach and seeing men well into their 60's and 70's in Speedos, so let’s fine those people too. Wearing caps backwards is not proper, I think this has become an epidemic among the youth culture, let’s outlaw it. Red and blue are associated with Blood and Crip gang affiliation, respectively, so I say we outlaw clothing in these colors and jail those that refuse to comply. You may laugh at some of these seemingly absurd ideas but this is the same path that this law is heading down, it is attacking a subculture, particularly youth culture in this case. This is dangerous ground that the idea of such a law is treading on, to tell people how they can and cannot dress in public is taking a major step backwards and borders on something similar to totalitarianism- I didn't realize we were communist now, does this look like China?