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08-23-2007, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
As much as I hate the look of sagging pants, I can't condone legislating fashion faux pas. If the concern is that children see it and want to emulate it, then their mammas need to show them what's up.
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Exactly. While seeing a young man's pants practically at his knees makes me want to beat him with my belt then make him wear it, to make it illegal is going overboard. The land of the free can't make you pay because your pants are sitting too many inches below your waist. That's just too much. And as far as racial profiling, I can't really speak on that. I'm from an extremely diverse area, so this is not something associated with Black teens to me--all boys wear their pants like this, no matter what they are. *shrug* But I can see how it can be construed as a racial attack (and rightfully so) in a not-so-diverse place like Atlanta, so I'll let others debate it out.
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08-23-2007, 04:16 PM
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a not-so-diverse place like Atlanta
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You think so? I guess it depends on your definitions, but still ...
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08-23-2007, 04:40 PM
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You think so? I guess it depends on your definitions, but still ...
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Oh, I know that ATL has many cultures represented. I just mean that it'd be one thing if the city was such a melting pot that you couldn't say there was a specific race being targeted but, since Atlanta is known as "the Black Mecca," no one could really make that argument stick.
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08-23-2007, 05:19 PM
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Oh, I know that ATL has many cultures represented. I just mean that it'd be one thing if the city was such a melting pot that you couldn't say there was a specific race being targeted but, since Atlanta is known as "the Black Mecca," no one could really make that argument stick.
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So you're using diverse to mean a how much different groups blend?
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08-23-2007, 06:02 PM
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Legislating fashion is one of the more ridiculous things I have heard. I have NO problems with private and public schools being allowed to set standards for appropriate clothing, that makes sense. This is just dumb.
If parents are tired of seeing their 14-year olds aping these fashions then they need to make sure that little Susie isn't out there buying thongs with their money, not expecting a police officer to waste their time arresting, or more likely ticketing her, for being a fashion victim.
Waste of time and effort on legislation that would be about as effective as laws on the books banning the drinking of coca-cola on Sundays.
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08-23-2007, 06:23 PM
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So you're using diverse to mean a how much different groups blend?
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By diverse I mean how many cultures/races are represented vs. how many there are. Atlanta encompasses many cultures/races yet when people think "Atlanta" many, if not most, think "Black people." So while it may be "diverse" it does not always appear so to everyone.
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08-23-2007, 09:21 PM
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Now I'm definitely against this. That thong is being asked to stretch like $5 two weeks from payday. that just ain't right.
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Just wrong, Tony! 
I think I'm a little torn on this law. I would love, love, love to see people not sag any more, but making it a law? I dunno.
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