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Proposed slogan: 'Low pants, no chance' - Boston.com

Proposed slogan: 'Low pants, no chance' - Boston.com

Proposed slogan: 'Low pants, no chance'

September 7, 2010
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BATON ROUGE, La.—A Baton Rouge Metro Council member wants the parish to support a public awareness campaign against men who wear their pants so low that their boxer shorts show. Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle has a slogan for the campaign: "Low pants, no chance."

"I hate to see it and I see so much of it in my district," Marcelle said. "It's disrespectful to the elderly, to young kids and to women."

Her resolution, on the agenda for discussion Wednesday, says wearing saggy pants creates negative stereotypes and that "those who wear saggy pants are hurting their chances of becoming employable, educated and productive

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