Should Dallas and other cities ban visible underwear?
From Sweden (I was surprised) to Los Angeles, the word is out on the hip-hop look that makes grown people shake their heads. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that (drum roll) the city council wants to fine those who insist on wearing pants below... well, below their natural waistline. The consequences would be a fine and a ticket. The state of Virginia tried to pass the same law with a $50 fine attached, but it did not succeed. Even some Swedish libraries won't allow students with low pants, or baseball caps to check out books, and schools all over Texas have begun to adapt dress codes that have been shouted down by students who don't want to conform.…
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26 - Heloise
That is funny Ray. But Mohjo's comment reminds me of what I learned while spending time in France: There is no obscenity law there. Translation: bared breasts on women are OK. For men too. But that is where it ends. What do they have to say about bared butts might be much the same as we say here. So, see-through clothes (on top) are okay there, and so is the scanty look. Do you see this on the streets there? Oh yes, and the commercials are x-rated compared to the ones here.
Where the line is drawn is not undies showing like the tops. But you can tell that the person's entire buttocks is out and the natural waistline down. It makes sense that the statement made is sexual. So in our puritanical country (including myself) we should have something to say about such a statement.
The other factor: sex at school, in the hallways, bathrooms, out on the open fields, vacant apartments and the list goes on of the places where administration has found kids who came to school to learn.
Heloise