Sagging jeans legally worse than long hair

International Herald Tribune: Are your jeans sagging? Go directly to jail:

Starting in Louisiana, an intensifying push by lawmakers has determined pants worn low enough to expose underwear poses a threat to the public, and they have enacted indecency ordinances to stop it.

Since June 11, sagging pants have been against the law in Delcambre, Louisiana, a town of 2,231 that is 80 miles southwest of Baton Rouge. The style carries a fine of as much as $500 or up to a six-month sentence. “We used to wear long hair, but I don’t think our trends were ever as bad as sagging,” said Mayor Carol Broussard.

In case you didn’t get it the first time, I’ll repeat that again:

… an intensifying push by lawmakers has determined pants worn low enough to expose underwear poses a threat to the public …

No comment.