# Dumbass Lousiana legislator wants to ban low cut pants. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762 "2004-04-24T04:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/1 "2004-04-24T04:11:05Z")
[Linkage](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040423/D824G0380.html) > [@](#): > > People who wear low-slung pants that expose skin or “intimate clothing” would face a fine of up to $500 and possible jail time under a bill filed by a Jefferson Parish lawmaker. > > State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults. > > The bill would punish anyone caught wearing low-riding pants with a fine of as much as $500 or as many as six months in jail, or both. > > “I’m sick of seeing it,” said Shepherd, a first-term legislator. “The community’s outraged. And if parents can’t do their job, if parents can’t regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law.” I was born in that state. There’s a reason I don’t live there any more. What’s next? Belly shirts? Muscle shirts? How about skirts which expose the ankles of young women? Is the country getting more and more retarded or am I just imagining it? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/2 "2004-04-24T04:12:25Z")
Are they going to ban flashing yer tits for a string of beads in New Orleans, too? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/3 "2004-04-24T04:15:22Z")
Hey, I don’t want to see asscrack any more than Rep. Shepherd does, but Ya Can’t Legislate Good Taste. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/4 "2004-04-24T04:16:27Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Is the country getting more and more retarded or am I just imagining it? Nah, you’re just noticing it more and more. It’s always been there. Ten years ago, would you have known about this idiocy? Ignorance is bliss. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/5 "2004-04-24T04:21:22Z")
But, but, how could Britney ever come home again? -Lil ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/6 "2004-04-24T04:27:34Z")
This is my favorite part: > [@](#): > > “I can think of a lot of workers, plumbers, who are working and expose their buttocks …” 911 Operator: 911, can I help you? Woman’s voice: Yes, there’s a man here who’s _exposing his buttocks…_ 911O: Right, are you in danger ma’am? WV: No, but I can see his _crack!!!_ 911O: Is this man flashing you or exposing himself in a lewd manner? WV: No, but he’s right there in my kitchen and I can see straight into his _dark areas!!!_ 911O: Okay, ma’am, calm down. The man is in your kitchen? WV: Yes. He’s under the sink right now. 911O: Okay, ma’am. We’ll send someone over straight away. Please try very hard _not to stare at the offending matter_. WV: Thank you so much. And God bless Derrick Shepherd!! Now where the hell are my little blue pills… ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/7 "2004-04-24T04:37:46Z")
And what about those poor girls who just had their navel pierced? To whom to show their jewelry? [in their belly-buttons, I mean] ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/8 "2004-04-24T04:45:21Z")
**Diogenes** this will simply kill you. Watching Bill O’Reilly tonight, he started mocking the law, also. _You agree with O’Reilly on an issue!!!_ I’m so tempted to make a sig line about this. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/9 "2004-04-24T05:04:09Z")
I’ve actually agreed with O’Reilly three or four other times as well. One thing he does that I like is constantly excoriate the entertainment press for the way that it asskisses celebrities. I can’t remember what the other points of agreement were but I think they were similarly non-political. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/10 "2004-04-24T05:08:26Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’ve actually agreed with O’Reilly three or four other times as well. One thing he does that I like is constantly excoriate the entertainment press for the way that it asskisses celebrities. I can’t remember what the other points of agreement were but I think they were similarly non-political. Well, it’s still inspiring. Now to find a way to get you to leave the Dark Side. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/11 "2004-04-24T05:28:37Z")
If any lawmakers go after Capri pants, I’m calling for revolution. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/12 "2004-04-24T07:16:42Z")
> [@](#): > > One thing [O’Reilly] does that I like is constantly excoriate the entertainment press for the way that it asskisses celebrities. Right! Legitimate journalists only asskiss politicians! ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/13 "2004-04-24T07:21:34Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’ve actually agreed with O’Reilly three or four other times as well. One thing he does that I like is constantly excoriate the entertainment press for the way that it asskisses celebrities. I can’t remember what the other points of agreement were but I think they were similarly non-political. Oh, my sweet gentle Jesus. I thought that partisan hatred was supposed to be uniform damnit! Whom can I look to, now that people are allowed to agree with people from “the other side”? Is all that I know wrong? I thought that we were supposed to feel nothing but contempt, hatred, and spite for those that chose a party view other than mine. Soon you’ll be talking of “compromises” and “consensus”. These terms are ludicrous and assinine. If there is no team to root against, whom shall we know that we are to support? I’m confused now, I was sure that common sense was subjective. Either your party was right, or it was right in a different way. You guys need to pick a damn team, and stick with the majority opinion. How are we ever going to get anything accomplished in this country if we don’t have a “correct” point of view? ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/14 "2004-04-24T07:40:13Z")
Y’know, if I didn’t read it, i’d swear I was being wooshed. I’ve heard of dumb laws, but this, this is just…i mean it’s…erm…uh…it’s…stupid, i guess. I wonder if the ‘community’ is equally as ‘outraged’ at the 100% increase in murders in Jefferson Parish, or the nearly 40% rise in reported rapes over this time last year…[El Linko Grande](http://www.jpso.com/stats2-04.htm) Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/15 "2004-04-24T07:42:44Z")
If those were truly virtuous women wearing modest clothing, they wouldn’t have got themselves raped. _close-captioned for the sarcasm impaired_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/16 "2004-04-24T09:59:10Z")
Oh, golly, I APPLAUD the proposed legislation. There is nought uglier than an arse in low rider jeans, no matter how well proportioned the bum is otherwise. I have never seen ONE butt that looks decent in them…poor deluded fashion victims that they are. It constitutes an abuse to the visual sensibilities of passers-by, and therefore should come under some sort of Public Menace Act. I hope the petition is passed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/17 "2004-04-24T10:12:38Z")
If parents just told their children they were fat and undesirable, we wouldn’t have this problem. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/18 "2004-04-24T10:14:31Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > If parents just told their children they were fat and undesirable, we wouldn’t have this problem. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/19 "2004-04-24T11:20:17Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Oh, golly, I APPLAUD the proposed legislation. > > There is nought uglier than an arse in low rider jeans, no matter how well proportioned the bum is otherwise. I have never seen ONE butt that looks decent in them…poor deluded fashion victims that they are. Yeah, neither have I, at least, not in real life. They’re all well and good if you’re Jennifer Lopez and have a small waist and a big butt, but meanwhile, there are countless stunningly gorgeous women who would look amazing in any other clothing, but wear the low-cut pants and look horrible. A pair of pants have got to be pretty damn unflattering to look bad on even the most beautiful people. As for guys who sag their pants, isn’t that out of style already? Then again, I’m in college and surrounded by artsy indie-rock hipster types, so maybe my perspective of the world is skewed. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762/20 "2004-04-24T14:04:08Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > I wonder if the ‘community’ is equally as ‘outraged’ at the 100% increase in murders in Jefferson Parish OH NO! I live in Jefferson Parish! _hiding from murderers under her bed_ (Though I’m seeing a 50% increase, not 100%) > [@](#): > > Idiots. Tell me about it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbass-lousiana-legislator-wants-to-ban-low-cut-pants/241762.md?page=2)