Thongs be gone!

From Mac...

When thongs are outlawed,
only outlaws will own thongs.

In Louisiana, some City Councilman has decided that he does not want to see butt crack showing.

"I don't relish the idea of seeing the beginning of people's pubic hair," Westwego City Councilman Glenn Green told the House Criminal Justice Committee on Thursday.

"I don't relish seeing the beginning of the crease of people's buttocks. And I don't enjoy watching young men letting their sexual organs show through their red or black silk underwear," Green said.

Green argued that, if government can dictate what children wear to school and when they have to be off the streets, government should be able to ban certain types of clothing.

A revised version of House Bill 1640 by Rep. Derrick Shepherd, D-Marrero, would mandate three eight-hour days of community service for anyone who publicly wears clothing that intentionally exposes undergarments, or any portion of his or her pubic hair, cleft of the buttocks or genitals.

In addition, offenders who violate the proposed law could be fined up to $175.

Voting to advance the bill were Rep. Beverly Bruce, D-Mansfield; Rep. Roy Burrell, D-Shreveport; Rep. Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte; and Rep. Bodi White, R-Denham Springs.

The bill goes to the full House for consideration.