Fashionable Government

I know I must be getting old when fashion trends worn by teens seem ridiculous to me.

Looking back, I wore my fair share of now embarrassing fashion trends including jelly shoes, slouchy socks, and ponytails that stood straight up from the top of my head.

Despite that fashion crimes committed when I was younger, it would have seemed intrusive for the government to monitor what we wore.

Apparently, some southern cities, including Riviera Beach in Florida don't agree. They are trying to pass a law that would suspend students for wearing their pants low enough to expose their underwear or flesh.

As much as I would love to see the look go out of style, it seems a little excessive for lawmakers to pass a law over fashion. The responsibility for setting dress code parameters and enforcement should lay with the parents or the schools, not the government.

The argument on the lawmaker's side is that the fad does not have a good origination, but how many people really know where the fad started or what it stood for? Until today, I thought it was just another silly trend started innocently enough.

There are so many other problems and issues that could use the time and resources of government officials that would actually benefit our cities. Not to mention, it seems like a violation of freedom of speech to penalize teenagers for what they are wearing.

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