Thread:Comments:Florida schools begin to enforce new statewide ban on saggy pants and other revealing attire/school isn't just for learning

As long as what people wear don't actually inhibit their fellow students from learning, nothing should be banned because it infringes on their rights. Yet again the ACLU is in the right on this one.

School is a place where students go to socialize, learn to express themselves, among many other things (extra-curricular activities)...the clothes they choose are another aspect of that self-expression. It makes life interesting and fun, and allows them to explore their fashion sense.

The strangest thing is its being pushed by one senator, with the flimsy argument that "well I wouldn't hire anyone wearing saggy pants".

This completely ignores, of course, that they can easily *change clothes* for interviews and work, and assumes that everyone has the same hiring mentality as this lone senator does. Not only that but it completely ignores the rights of the students, their say, how it affects *them*. No one ever seems to ask that question, its just what some old senator thinks in a disconnected position of power. Completely ridiculous, hopefully other states have saner policy makers out there who actually respect people's rights.