Thursday’s open line


If I had a piece of chewing gum for every time I’ve told a kid to pull up his pants and I tried to chew it all at once, I’d look like a chipmunk.

Apparently, some cities are now trying to get their young folks to hitch up their britches the old-fashioned way: by criminalizing “slacking” (“sagging” in the article).

Is slacking a problem and, if you believe it is, is it a problem that deserves this kind of attention?

Let us know what you think on today’s open line.