Turning school into prison one day at a time...

[Demosthenes11]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/od_ ... e_uk_saggy

Thu Mar 13, 5:47 PM ET

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)

Ridiculous if you ask me. Sure it's retarded, but jfc this is a bit too far.

School is a mandatory place with no rights...gg america

[Kuya]

after first appearing among prison inmates as a signal they were looking for sex.

I thought that was a myth.

[tyven]

i thought sagging pants went out of style in like 1998.

[Mizango]

i thought sagging pants went out of style in like 1998.

That's what I'm saying. I though Kris-Kross took this shitty fad with them.

[Charla]

Apparently the deep south is a few years behind the times.

[CMMeast]

They're outlawing 'contact' activities like tag in some California schools now. It really goes well with the ban on hugging.

[Headspace]

My friend during my senior year was given friday school for sexual assault after he was caught hugging his girlfriend before she went into her classroom.

[Blarg]

with a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail for repeat offenders

Dangerous criminals like these need to be subject to the 3 strikes you're out rule. Do we really want these criminals waddling and or awkwardly shuffling around our streets after only 60 days?

[Thoronas]

They don't need to make this a law, they just need to make all students take a one hour class where they show them that this "fashion" came from prison fags looking for gay sex.

Problem solved.

[Howard Roark]

i thought sagging pants went out of style in like 1998.

That's what I'm saying. I though Kris-Kross took this shitty fad with them.

kris kross wore 'em backwards

and yes that fad is very dead

the saggy pants will never die, Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins and clowns everywhere are keepin it real to this day

[Noobta]

Well, it looks like emo/scene kids are safe.

[Demosthenes11]

They don't need to make this a law, they just need to make all students take a one hour class where they show them that this "fashion" came from prison fags looking for gay sex.

Problem solved.

lol that would be awesome

[Maxxthepenguin]

I can't tell if you're serious or not Demos

[Pun]

Being suspended for it is pretty harsh. However, when I go to pick up my brother from school and see all those kids wearing their pants like that, it does annoy me; no idea why, though. The 60 days jail-time thing is just BS.

[Demosthenes11]

I can't tell if you're serious or not Demos

sometimes i can't even tell anymore

[archibaldcrane]

Making it into a law is fucking retarded, dress codes should be enforced at the district and individual school level.

Extrapolating this into "omg Americans' rights are being violated" is a stretch though. If anything this is a restriction on local control of schools.

[Mizango]

i thought sagging pants went out of style in like 1998.

That's what I'm saying. I though Kris-Kross took this shitty fad with them.

kris kross wore 'em backwards

and yes that fad is very dead

Yet they still wore them droopy, I was meaning the jean fad as a whole should have gone with them. Anything retarded and jean related.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Making it into a law is fucking retarded, dress codes should be enforced at the district and individual school level.

Extrapolating this into "omg Americans' rights are being violated" is a stretch though. If anything this is a restriction on local control of schools.

More or less my view on this.

Plus, since when did America allow people to do whatever they wanted, period? We've ALWAYS had limits to our freedoms.
^derail because this is a stupid topic

[Heian]

I'm against uniform policies in schools, mainly because I had to deal with them through junior high to high school. But I agree with this, its bad enough when I go on the sub way I have to see a bunch of wiggers, spics, or niggers with their pants around there ankles thinking they are gang bangers. You want to be taken seriously by society, then make an attempt to dress some what decently. I don't care if people slightly sag or wear them on their hips, but when half of your ass is hanging out, thats a little too fucking far. I don't want to see your ass, and I'm pretty sure you don't want to see mine in a public place. Good for the fucking school.

EDIT: A law does seem a bit extreme.

[Tricen]

Good. Hopefully this will prevent any further adaptations on ridiculous behaviour.