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"Sick of Seeing It"? Ban it!

Brian Doherty | 4.23.2004 11:23 AM

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Louisiana state Rep. Derrick Shepherd is "sick of seeing" low-slung pants that expose undergarments, so he is proposing a law that would impose a $500 fine and possible six month jail time for anyone wearing them.

[Thanks to reader Peter Vitale for the link]

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Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason and author of Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired (Broadside Books).

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