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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants.

Lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that could mean suspensions for students with droopy britches. It won't become law unless the House of Representatives passes a companion measure.

Florida could join several southern U.S. towns and cities that have passed "saggy pants" laws aimed at outlawing what some teenagers consider a fashion statement -- wearing pants half way down their buttocks, exposing flesh or underwear.

Supporters say schools sometimes don't properly police dress codes and parents are often "under aware" of what their kids are wearing to school.

Critics say the measure is unnecessary, arguing that appearance and dress codes should be the responsibility of school districts and parents.

Despite being the butt of jokes, the bill's sponsor, Orlando Sen. Gary Siplin, a Democrat, has said the fashion statement has a back-story -- it was made popular by rap artists after first appearing among prison inmates as a signal they were looking for sex.

"All we're trying to do now is trying to inform folks that we have a fad now that does not have a very good origination," Siplin said. "We're trying to make an example in school," he added, saying it would help students get jobs and a degree.

The Florida city of Riviera Beach passed its own saggy pants law on Tuesday, with a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail for repeat offenders.

(Reporting by Michael Peltier, editing by Jim Loney and Todd Eastham)
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Just as simple to yank the pants off the person, at least they would learn their lesson!
 
It's bad bill, in my opinion.

It should be between school and parent's responsibility about saggy pants, not bother state to pass the stupid bill, also I feel bad for people who is big fan of hip hop style.

I'm one of them that wear saggy pant (or low rise) so often but different from other teenager's saggy pant, just rather to mention as low rise that where my upper boxer is covered by shirt, plus I'm overweight (closer to obesity) and have wear it below than stomach.
 
Im not a fan of the pants being worn around the kneecaps. Ive seen those and Im usually VERY tempted to yank the pants down and run away laughing at them. :lol: Maybe I should at least when they are around me they'll pull those pants up where they belong! LOL
 
Dixie, a few feeks back I saw a security video ftom a metropolitan train in some large city. A bully with pants down past his crack was walking along the aisle harassing riders. As he was tearing the newspaper some woman was reading, a man across the aisle from her came up behind the bully and pulled his pants down just like you said. The bully was so humiliated that he quickly left. Ha ha ha ha.

But I'm surprised the man who made the bully look so silly wasn't arrested and thrown in jail. The bully probably felt violated and needed therapy.
 
haha I love that Chase, thats what I call a dose of his own medicine!
 
Chase said:
But I'm surprised the man who made the bully look so silly wasn't arrested and thrown in jail. The bully probably felt violated and needed therapy.
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:giggle: Good on him but I’m also surprised that it didn’t backfire … the bully could have turned around and beaten him but on the other hand, it did served him right!
 
Chase said:
Dixie, a few feeks back I saw a security video ftom a metropolitan train in some large city. A bully with pants down past his crack was walking along the aisle harassing riders. As he was tearing the newspaper some woman was reading, a man across the aisle from her came up behind the bully and pulled his pants down just like you said. The bully was so humiliated that he quickly left. Ha ha ha ha.

But I'm surprised the man who made the bully look so silly wasn't arrested and thrown in jail. The bully probably felt violated and needed therapy.
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LOL!! :giggle:
 
That's a good one Chase. I really hate those pants that show their underwear. Who needs to see their undies?? Geez!
 
Man, I am really sick of seeing butt cracks and thongs. I mean, geez! I agree with this law, I mean, it's nasty. People continue to be offended by this to this date because it's really offensive. I relaly don't care what right of expression kids wanna try to make this be, it's not! People need to be respectful to others. There's a reason why we feel yucky when we see saggy pants, thongs and underwears. You may say look away, but seriously, do you really think "look away" is enough?
 
:lol: I have to laugh every time they parade around flashing the world their unmentionables … how can they be comfortable when they ‘waddle’ around like ducks, not walking properly, holding onto their pants? …. beats me. :crazy:
 
Wow! What about time!

I think that the law should be revised that they should be sent to a community center to clean up the town and highways for 60 days instead of jail. A jail is a bad place for them to learn from "criminal teachers," and that would end up more crimes later.
 
One of these yahoos wearing saggy pants was waiting for a bus in the rain..... holding an umbrella in one hand and holding his pants up with the other hand. If his cell phone rang which one would he let go of to get to his cell phone, his umbrella or pants? IDIOT!!
 
To be honest, I think it's pretty pathetic that the government is being relied on to make this so-called law. The school districts should be responsible to enforce such a policy without having to be required by the law to do so. All schools should have a dress code, most schools enforced them back then. I guess they are all now wussies and afraid of giving their students detention!
 
Well, they do have laws some places against gang attire such as gang 'label' clothes...even certain colors are banned from schools. Innitially it seems too much but the gang attire has gotten out of hand and causes fights etc or peer pressure to dress same and act out in gang style. Tired of the whole ganger shyt I see. Fawk it all...no pity from me or tolerance. Same goes for the ghetto noise. They want to act violent then give it to em.
I say it would be appropiate to make 'droopy britches' .....ha ha nice term.....make em clean up turds off the sidewalk....hey dumbazz, you dropped a turd, pull up your pants.
 
Cowpuppy said:
Well, they do have laws some places against gang attire such as gang 'label' clothes...even certain colors are banned from schools. Innitially it seems too much but the gang attire has gotten out of hand and causes fights etc or peer pressure to dress same and act out in gang style. Tired of the whole ganger shyt I see. Fawk it all...no pity from me or tolerance. Same goes for the ghetto noise. They want to act violent then give it to em.
I say it would be appropiate to make 'droopy britches' .....ha ha nice term.....make em clean up turds off the sidewalk....hey dumbazz, you dropped a turd, pull up your pants.
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:rl: that's what I want to do if I ever see any fools walking around with pants down their knees or pass their buttcheeks.
 
Ozzie said:
:lol: I have to laugh every time they parade around flashing the world their unmentionables … how can they be comfortable when they ‘waddle’ around like ducks, not walking properly, holding onto their pants? …. beats me. :crazy:
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I agree with ya :h5: even my mother be rolling her eyes when she see those fools like that. I can see her making the face like she want to chew their ears off about how stupid it looks. I be laughing and told her I know how you feel.
 
Does that apply to plumbers and tradesmen? After all, they have been showing that part of their anatomy for years. To most of us, we turned a blind eye whereas we’re creating a stink on saggy pants due to a long-held fad. Go figure.
 
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