House Committee Takes Hardy’s Pants Off On Bill
All Rickey Hardy wanted to do was to make you pull your pants up. Instead, he got his pants removed.
Hardy’s HB 103, known as the “Pants On The Ground” bill, would have made it a crime to wear one’s trousers too low.
But the bill lacked suspenders of its own. Hardy was roundly criticized for introducing it, as it had previously failed twice in the Legislature. The ACLU called it “grossly unconstitutional.” And today, the House Criminal Justice Committee voted without objection to dismiss the bill. It was “voluntarily deferred,” which means it’s done for this year.
Hardy said he was trying to reclaim society. Now he can reclaim something else. Like his pants.
And with that, a key element of this session’s comic relief is gone.
Video of the committee session can be found here.
I'm behind him 100% and I don't care how much fun you or anyone else makes of us. These juveniles should be made to wear their clothes appropriately or stay at home. It is disgusting and very uncalled for. THE ACLU NEEDS TO BE SHIPPED TO AFRICA.
Ridicule is a lot more efficient method of getting kids to pull their pants up than a law the cops will have to enforce. The cops have more than enough to do right now. If you see one of these kids with his pants around his ankles, laugh in his face.
Or if you prefer, point out to him that the saggy pants fad originally started in jail, and the prisoners wearing their pants low like that are the ones willing to serve as "females" – and inquire to the kid whether that's the signal he's trying to send.
Either way, you've got a better chance of changing behavior without wasting my tax money on your vanity project.
We don't need laws to uphold decency in society. What we need is SHAME.
I'm disgusted by lots of rude behavior in the world, but criminalizing rudeness goes against the very fabric of our republic. I'm completely with the ACLU on this one. I don't want to live in a country governed by the fashion police.
On the other hand, I'll be taking my daughter to Blue Bayou waterpark next weekend, and I would definitely support a law banning fat women from wearing bikinis. That's really disgusting. [j/k]
I'm behind him 100% and I don't care how much fun you or anyone else makes of us. These juveniles should be made to wear their clothes appropriately or stay at home. It is disgusting and very uncalled for. THE ACLU NEEDS TO BE SHIPPED TO AFRICA.
Ridicule is a lot more efficient method of getting kids to pull their pants up than a law the cops will have to enforce. The cops have more than enough to do right now. If you see one of these kids with his pants around his ankles, laugh in his face.
Or if you prefer, point out to him that the saggy pants fad originally started in jail, and the prisoners wearing their pants low like that are the ones willing to serve as "females" – and inquire to the kid whether that's the signal he's trying to send.
Either way, you've got a better chance of changing behavior without wasting my tax money on your vanity project.
We don't need laws to uphold decency in society. What we need is SHAME.
I'm disgusted by lots of rude behavior in the world, but criminalizing rudeness goes against the very fabric of our republic. I'm completely with the ACLU on this one. I don't want to live in a country governed by the fashion police.
On the other hand, I'll be taking my daughter to Blue Bayou waterpark next weekend, and I would definitely support a law banning fat women from wearing bikinis. That's really disgusting. [j/k]