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I see London, I see France, but in Atlanta don't show your underpants.
A city that counts strip clubs with naked woman as one of its tourism draws is trying to tell citizens not to show their underwear in public. Labels: controversial, court drama, government, local news
Across Atlanta that proposed amendment – sponsored by Atlanta Councilman C.T. Martin — got mixed reaction Thursday from people with and without exposed boxer shorts, skivvies, thongs, and bra straps, all of which would be banned under the new ordinance mainly aimed at people in saggy pants with wobbly walks.
The ordinance claims saggy pants are an "epidemic" and have become a "major concern" in Atlanta and other cities around the country. Martin says he wants children subjected to a higher standard of dress.
"I don't want young people thinking that half-dressing is the way to go," said Martin. "I want them to think about their future."
Some asked for their opinion on the proposed law are amused at the notion of a city telling people how to wear their pants; and others decried it as just another form of racially profiling blacks.
"That's [crazy]," said Atlanta hip-hop artist Yung Joc, by phone Thursday from Philadelphia.
"That's attacking people's freedom of expression. When Woodstock was around did they tell people not to wear their hair long, or hemp clothing? Are they telling the skateboarders they can't wear the jeans so tight? Or those little shirts? This is targeting a certain group: Young black males. And this will only give them more of a reason to pull them over; more of a reason to detain them."
Joc said when he returns to his hometown Sunday for the Screamfest tour, he'll be dressed for civil disobedience — "sagging, for sure!" — in droopy pants.
Falcons running back Warrick Dunn said baggy pants to him are more about style and comfort than politics. "It's an expression of choice," he said. "Do I like it? No. There's a time and place for it. I don't wear my pants all the way up. They sag a little bit but not all the way down to my knees."
But the running back — whose profession calls for pants that don't impede movement — said he, like Yung Joc, disagrees with a law that forbids baggy britches. "I don't think you can tell people how they should dress unless you're in certain environments and I think people should respect the environments they are in," said Dunn.
"If they're in an environment to where they need to upgrade a little bit — pull the pants up and be presentable."
Across the city Thursday there was plenty of evidence why Martin and others think Atlantans are seeing too much of other people's underwear as well as resentment among the sagging pants wearers that city would would seek to ban low-riding britches.
On Boulevard near Atlanta Medical Center, Antonio Simmons, 23, had taken great care to coordinate his red boxers, punctuated with black and white plaid, to his oversized black Coogi jeans. The jeans rode precariously across the ridge of his derriere and were gripped by a black leather belt and the grasp of his left hand.
Simmons said he had heard about the proposed ordinance from a family friend, and said he didn't believe anyone had a right to tell him what to wear and how to wear it.
"I don't believe they could do that," he said. "It's freedom of speech. They can't tell nobody how to dress. If you ask me, some of these people wear their pants too tight." He said he grew up wearing baggy pants as a "'hood tradition, a ghetto tradition," and, if the law is passed it will "give police more reason to harass and pull over young black men."
Others said the ordinance would make outlaws of women. "I think that's absurd," said Julia Lane, 31, of Atlanta. " Who's going to enforce this? The police? My car was stolen two weeks ago and you're going to fine me if my bra strap is showing?"
On the street Anthony Johnson concealed his extra-large jeans with an equally large basketball jersey. "It's a society thing," he said of his style. "I feel comfortable when I dress like this. When I go into a professional place, I know how to tuck my shirt in and look professional."
Banning baggy pants, he said, seems a bit much.
"I don't agree with it," he said. "It's a free country, or so they say."
(Ed note: The bill pretty much isn't going to happen. And even if it does the court system will tear it alive. Still, it's so pathetic of an idea, so lulz worthy, I've been laughing to tears.)
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