SUBJECT:  PANTS BELOW BUTTOCKS

06/18/11

Schnitt:

I believe it was a couple days ago you were talking about the young Afro-American man kicked of the airplane for pants below the buttocks. 

I agree it's rather dumb to dress that way, but I think there are some explanations.

Remember Lech Walensa in Poland, and Solidarity?  Perhaps the young man was trying to show solidarity with his black brothers who also do that.  

Solidarity is not a bad thing if you're doing it to show support to people doing smart things for a good reason.  But that is not the case here.

A young Afro-American was briefly interviewed on TV and asked why he wore his pants below the buttocks.  He answered, "Because they'll kill me if I don't."  Now there's a reason that makes a little sense.  Which do you prefer, dying or wearing your pants below the buttocks?  Some prefer not to die yet.  

But who was it that would have killed him?  I guess the other young black men in his neighborhood.  Maybe a street gang such as they have in L.A., or other large cities.

But there's a better choice.  That young man needed to be a Christian.  Then, when he's putting on his pants, and remembers their threat if he doesn't wear the pants below buttocks, he can say, "No, they're not going to kill me.  I have Jesus, and Jesus won't lat that happen."

Fred Hoehn