War on Saggy britches

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Crockett

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I think its time for a truce in the war on saggy britches. I'll be the first to say that wearing pants too low to cover your butt looks very ugly and silly to me and I expect is restricts movement. But wearing pants like that, with boxer briefs showing, is very important to some young people, an not just blacks and Hispanics. I don't think, so long as underwear is worn and kept pulled up, this is indecent. I'd be curious to know why people like wearing their pants that way. Is it simply to offend and offput the fifty year old and older white guy? Would all interest in this and gross tatoos covering half the body and spikes stiicking out of the lips and eyebrows go away if old farts like me ceased to be offended?
 
If I can see it, it's not underwear, it's outerwear...

As I tell my boys: If your were a Victoria's Secret model, I wouldn't mind seeing your underwear...but, you aren't, so don't...
 
But wearing pants like that, with boxer briefs showing, is very important to some young people, an not just blacks and Hispanics.
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well if its important to young people, then by all means, lets let them do it. after all, young people are very rarely wrong about anything.
 
Obviously people who don't like the baggy pants outnumber the supporters around here. I was hoping for an articulate defense to improve my cultural awareness. In search of such I found this piece from a University of Miami ResearcherThe Link
 
That young man is free to wear his pants as he wishes and that airline is free to choose its customers as it wishes. They should not be forced to offend an entire planeload of customers to satisfy one. The old sign in the window said "No shoes, no shirt, no service." Now it might just be changed to, "Pull your damn pants up."
 
This is just another attempt by the GOP to suppress democrat voters.
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OK, let's pretend he didn't have any pants on at all. Boxer shorts, at least some of them, are plenty long enough to cover any part of your body that could be called "offensive." So if he were just wearing shorts that were a little short of knee-length, that's OK? But wearing pants that don't quite cover them OVER that is showing too much? I don't get it.

Girls wear shorts that are shorter than most boxers all the time, at least in Summer, and no one bats an eye. In fact, I'd say a lot of people here are glad they do.

Yes, it looks stupid. Offensive? Maybe to some, but I think some people are just too easily offended.
 
Where is Satchel on this one? To me it is obvious that U.S. Airways is attempting to disenfranchise black defensive backs from universities located in the southwestern region of the U.S. from flying. It's a downright outrage! Here we are in 2011 and this backward, loser airline STILL wants to keep black safeties from boarding their flights. What if the roles were reversed? I mean, what if he were a white safety? I bet they'd let them board butt nekkid. Outright discrimination if I've ever seen it! Are you listening Jessie, Al, and Satchel?????? It's time good people take a stand. Boycott U.S. Airways!
 
I think baggy pants looks stupid, but how is anyone "offended" by them? Is it offensive because it's not "normal", or what is the reason that it goes beyond "I don't care for it" to "offensive"?
 
Those pants are a safety hazard to airlines. What if the plane had to make an emergency landing and the passengers had to escape the plane. This guy would probably trip over his pants.

Nice article by the guy form the university of miami. You probably buy into any urban, self-expression, fighting for the "struggle" bs. There isnt any inner analysis or self-expression that goes into this, its copy cat cool. my homey does it so i will because im a bad mofo.
 
I saw a guy yesterday trying to ride a bike with his pants like this. Comical.
 
i hope this a joke, but it is hard to figure on here lately.
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If I have to turn my ipod off on takeoffs and landings then you should have to wear your pants around your waist too.
 
But what about laptops, iPods, and other devices
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i know quite a few electrical engineers that tell me this is total bs and impossible. keep the fear alive for more regulation and inconvenience, it's what the left does best.
 
"Nice article by the guy form the university of miami. You probably buy into any urban, self-expression, fighting for the "struggle" bs. There isnt any inner analysis or self-expression that goes into this, its copy cat cool. my homey does it so i will because im a bad mofo"

Actually general, about all I know about why people wear their pants low came from the linked article. I acknowledge a baggy pants cultural blind spot. I don't have any friends who wear their pants like this and I'm certain that would not be a good look for me.
 
I fly on military aircraft and every time I go up my phone is on and not in airplane mode. Never had an issue on my aircraft.
 
Wow accuratehorn, the thought of the saggy pants going through airport security checks could be the stuff of a hilarious comedy skit. Is it time for Airplane IV?
 
I heard a pretty good comment about this the other day - do your eally want to sit on an airplane seat where some guy has sat with his pants pulled down. I don't know where those boxers have been and would really rather not sit in whatever they leave behind.

In addition to that, there seems to be an assumption that if we as a society just accept the trend and say "it's no big deal", then the people will say "finally - that's all we wanted... public acceptance!"

This trend was never about public acceptance, it was and is about rebelling against the norm. So when it becomes no big deal, you'll start seeing something more outrageous. Anyone remember when this trend started? It was a wasteband showing and that was about it. Now you've got guys with pants down around their thighs - their walking is literally are impaired by how they're wearing their pants. So once that becomes the norm and no one's offended by it anymore, they'll move on to something else.
 
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