Sag

I'm posting this because a new law passed by Flint, Michigan is an example of the worst that government has to offer. I hold a strong belief that laws are inherently broad brush instruments and as such, there will always be cases in which the law makes no sense. Innocents are invariably caught up in otherwise well-intentioned laws. Nonetheless, I still believe that the governing a large society requires that such laws exist to settle disputes and maintain the community. However, given the imperfectness (is that a word?) of laws, it is crucial that we make laws only when there is an overwhelming public interest in doing so such that the benefits outweigh the inevitable negative impacts. I hate laws that try to legislate common sense, good manners, morality, religion and anything else of the sort. It absolutely boggles my mind that we've resorted to legislating fashion!

No I dislike sagging jeans as much as the next guy (Disclaimer: If he's hot and it actually exposes something, then that's a completely different story). But what is so illegal about showing a butt, covered by.... clothing? Funny thing is that a lot of today's youth that sag their pants were shorts as underwear. I can just imagine how much tax dollars we'll all spend (if we lived in Flint anyway) arguing about what is and isn't underwear or exactly where the bottom of the butt begins so that we can decide if the underwear were completely below it.

And as an aside, the nudist in me must comment that our natural, god-given butt crack isn't a dangerous weapon but a beautiful and marvelous creation.

Now, if they were banning white shoes after labor day, that would have been completely different.