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What Happened???
RouxB:
I think we were pretty clear that it isn't the pants themselves but the attitude that goes along with a certain style of dress. None of us are stupid enough to believe that pants are bringing down the neighborhood ::) Criminal culture is what is bringing down the many of these communities and that was pretty clearly expressed.
And don't think for a second that low riding pants "don't mean anything". Maybe they don't where you live. Your experience is only your experience.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: RouxB on February 09, 2012, 12:36:35 am ---Did we have the same mother?
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My mother must have been distantly in that family tree, too. You should have seen the whuppin' I got, aged about 5 or 6, when she caught me swearing. After that a four-letter word did not cross my lips until I was in college! ;) :laugh:
milomorris:
--- Quote from: RouxB on February 09, 2012, 02:50:15 am ---I think we were pretty clear that it isn't the pants themselves but the attitude that goes along with a certain style of dress. None of us are stupid enough to believe that pants are bringing down the neighborhood ::) Criminal culture is what is bringing down the many of these communities and that was pretty clearly expressed.
And don't think for a second that low riding pants "don't mean anything". Maybe they don't where you live. Your experience is only your experience.
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Exactly. The clothes are an expression of the mind set. So it does mean something.
Shakesthecoffecan:
So how about the media, the system that promotes a "Thug Culture" for lack of a better description? The ones who promote an attitude to facilitate sales of their fashion wear, the bling that goes with it?
What is a community to do? What is a larger world to do?
Monika:
--- Quote from: RouxB on February 09, 2012, 02:50:15 am ---I think we were pretty clear that it isn't the pants themselves but the attitude that goes along with a certain style of dress. None of us are stupid enough to believe that pants are bringing down the neighborhood ::) Criminal culture is what is bringing down the many of these communities and that was pretty clearly expressed.
And don't think for a second that low riding pants "don't mean anything". Maybe they don't where you live.
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I´m sure low riding pants mean something to some of the people where I live, but I´m not sure what. Some people I´m sure wear them as a fashion statement, others might wear it for other reasons. But what is clear is that all people wearing low riding pants don´t do it for the same reasons. Judging people by the way they dress might be very misleading.
But if we agree that the pants themselves ain´t the problem, then why not focus on the real issues. Powerty, unemployment etc etc. These are of course very hard to solve issues, but the whole pants thing seems to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors to me.
--- Quote ---Your experience is only your experience.
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I´m not sure what you mean by that. Of course my experience is...well...mine. But it´s not anymore "only" than anyone else´s, I imagine.
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