Reply #54: You're the only one here who gets it

[david_vincent]

When dealing with rebellion, the way to handle it is not to outlaw the offensive behavior (leaving aside the debate of whether it is or isn't actually offensive). Kids started wearing their pants hanging down out of a sense of prison chic -- they were copying the ill-fitting clothing worn by the incarcerated. To do away with it, you don't ban it, you mandate it. That's the only way to rob it of its purported coolness.