The Independent wrote:Washington - Trousers that dangle way below the belt
and expose what the wearer has on - or even just has - underneath have
been banned in the city of Alexandria, Louisiana, a city official said on
Wednesday.
"We unanimously passed the legislation because we have had so many
complaints from citizens who don't want to see young men with pants
hanging so low, showing their underwear and, in some cases, their
posterior," city council member Louis Marshall told reporters by phone.
"The legislation is gender neutral: we wouldn't want to see young ladies
walking down the street showing their underwear either," he said.
"Dressing like that - it's just not right or decent."
Because the legislation was passed unanimously by the council, it cannot
be vetoed by the mayor and passes into law immediately, Marshall said.
Press reports said a similar ban was passed in another Louisiana city,
Shreveport.
But the city council there was split four in favour and three against over
the ban, which needs to be approved by the mayor to pass into law.
Councillors in Atlanta, Georgia, are also debating whether to ban saggy
pants, and the very low-slung fashion statement is already against city law
in Delcambre, Louisiana, where offenders' cheek can earn them a fine of
$500 or up to six months in jail.
In Alexandria, the punishment would be "a fine starting at $25, that goes
up every time the pants go down," Marshall told reporters.
taken from:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 ... 931C433468
just read that. took me some time to find it in english, but here goes.
some americans are indeed nuts
