{"id":6200,"date":"2004-04-28T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2004-04-28T16:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/04\/28\/if-the-punishment-fits.html"},"modified":"2004-04-28T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2004-04-28T16:28:45","slug":"if_the_punishme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/28\/if_the_punishme.html","title":{"rendered":"If the punishment fits …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because Louisiana is such an idyllic state that they have plenty of time to worry about crap like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

With her hip-hugging jeans fastened low enough to show off the sparkly strings of her thong, Britney Spears could be a common criminal when she comes home to Louisiana to put on a show. And Nelly’s baggy jeans, if they happen to slip and show his drawers, could get him booted from the rap circuit to a New Orleans jail cell if state lawmakers approve a bill filed Tuesday in the House that would make it a crime to wear pants below the waist.
\nEven plumbers could get canned under the draft law that state Rep. Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero, said he filed because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the low-slung belt lines of young adults.
\nHouse Bill 1626 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.<\/p>\n

That’ll teach ’em! Those … those … rude people!<\/p>\n

“I’m sick of seeing it,” said Shepherd, a first-term legislator, who added he’s gotten similar complaints from ministers in his district. “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.”<\/p>\n

This is why some folks vote Libertarian, people. <\/p>\n

Shepherd said such technicalities generally would be overlooked by police, who would only cite violators who deliberately wear pants low on their hips. His bill does not define an unlawful outfit.
\n“It’s sort of like nudity,” he said. “You know it when you see it.”<\/p>\n

Just the kind of rigorous and thoughtful law-making the good people of Louisiana deserve, say I. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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