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Old 08-21-2008, 11:06 AM
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I call bull**** in bold letter on this.

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Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout.

Dicks, who took over the department last month on an interim basis, announced that his officers would start arresting people wearing saggy pants that expose skivvies, boxer shorts or bare bottoms.

"Some people call it a fad," Dicks told the Free Press this week while patrolling the streets of Flint. "But I believe it's a national nuisance. It is indecent and thus it is indecent exposure, which has been on the books for years."

Flint cops crack down on sagging pants | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
There is absolutely no logic behind any law like this at all, it does nothing but imprison people while real crimes are happening. Good job Flint, way to waste the people's resources
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Old 08-21-2008, 11:47 AM
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We'll be doing it here soon as well. 'Bout time!

Style on Trial: Community leader is pushing for city law to ban the clothing style of sagging pants
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Old 08-21-2008, 11:55 AM
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Your tax money is being wasted on pants.
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It is totally asinine, not to mention tyrannical, to arrest people for their style of clothing. If they want to dress like slobs, so what??
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Give 'em a break. It's Flint, Michigan. Think of the strain these people are under.
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Old 08-21-2008, 12:25 PM
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There is absolutely no logic behind any law like this at all, it does nothing but imprison people while real crimes are happening. Good job Flint, way to waste the people's resources
Indecent exposure.

While I agree that government really shouldn't be involving itself in this kind of thing, that particular style really does look stupid! Of course, it has more recently degenerated into guys wearing their baggy pants just below the buttocks instead of only half-way down. It makes them walk funny.
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It is totally asinine, not to mention tyrannical, to arrest people for their style of clothing. If they want to dress like slobs, so what??

Nice straw man. It has nothing to do with style, but dudes showing off their underwear in public.

You do realize that this behavior is exported from prison culture, where a dude pulls his pants down like that as a signal to show his willingness to be the receiver of anal intercourse, do you?
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Old 08-21-2008, 01:15 PM
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Nice straw man. It has nothing to do with style, but dudes showing off their underwear in public.
There's definitely nothing stylish about it.

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Do you have evidence of this?
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Nice straw man. It has nothing to do with style, but dudes showing off their underwear in public.
No strawman. It's a stupid, sloppy style IMO, but it's still a style of dress, even with underwear showing.

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So what? I still don't see the big deal. If I don't want to look at something I'll just turn my head and look at something else. SHEESH.
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"Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout."

Made me laugh. PC Dicks is out looking for butts. Namely those of adolesents.
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