'Pull Up Your Pants'

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Grand Master

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The Black Mental Health Alliance of Massachusetts has a message for kids who like to wear their pants ?hip hop style?: ?Pull up your pants. Respect yourself.? Or you could spend up to 3 years in state prison.

In a bizarre new PSA from the Massachusetts advocacy group, a police officer says into the camera, ??So you think you look pretty good wearing your pants like that, don?t you? Underwear exposed, hip hop style.?

He proceeds to explain that in Massachusetts, wearing saggy pants could get you up a $300 fine, 3 years in state prison or 2 years in a county jail. The officer doesn?t go into any more detail, but fine print at the bottom of the ad does reference Chapter 272, Section 16 of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Law, which states the aforementioned punishments for ?gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.?

So if you?re planning on spending any time in Massachusetts in the near future, make sure your pants are securely fastened around your waist.

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Oh, they're just being insensitive to this particular "culture". :rolleyes:

I'm no big fan of saggy pants and those who wear them by any means, however, if you deem yourself so much better, treat other people with the respect you obviously expect from others, too.

It is a subculture, you might like it or not, but that's not what qualifies a culture for a culture.

On top of that, @topic: The amount of punishment is rather steep and obviously they are taking the law to a different area of context (a cultural expression) here.

I don't think saggy pants are very lewd, just ridiculous to look at.

Well, well done fellas... (Y)

Very witty

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crazy fad, but amusing sometimes! I once saw a police car pull up to a gas station, and 2 guys wearing pants like that took off running. well, one of them must have let go of his belt buckle loops (or whatever they hold on to) and his pants went down and he fell right in the street! damn, i bet he had road rash all over his chest and face... he was running fast and went down hard!

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The US has the highest incarceration rate on the planet and it's easy to see why. Being jailed for not wearing your trousers properly is just ridiculous. There's no risk posed to society by such behaviour, yet there is substantial cost involved to keep them incarcerated.

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this is stupid... it annoys me when people think it looks good... but there is nothing wrong with it... seriously I do not care if it is a single area of the US but america is becoming much more of a giant derp every single day

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Hey, I would date him. :p

If I was into guys I'd probably be with you right there, but lose those suspenders asap if you wanted any action to happen! :laugh:

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^ They can always be used in a little bondage. :shifty:

Good point. But I've already got that covered, so get rid of this evil fashion sin. :D

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I always found it amusing when watching COPS as they chase down a suspect that is sagging down to his knees. It's a little hard to out run the police when you have to keep one hand planted on your pants keeping them up.

As much as I disagree with the "style" calling this excessive is an understatement.

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