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What would be some arguments in favor of banning the Zoot Suit. And (optional) what would be some arguments against the banning of the Zoot Suit.

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[+3] - roger - 04/08/2012It went out of style before I was born. Can one ban a dead suit?

@evaelza888,

It went out of style before I was born. Can one ban a dead suit?

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@roger,

Well it is not a current issue. However, I would like some additional opinions on this topic.

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@evaelza888,

wass kind zoot?

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The most common allegation about the zoot suit was that young men who were not old enough at the end of the Second World War to go to war wore it to attract attention to themselves at a time when men in uniform got most of the attention of young women. It was also alleged that members of teen age gangs wore zoot suits. However, as the sumptuary laws of the middle ages showed, banning clothing styles is a waste of time.

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@Setanta,

Pachucos?

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@roger,

Eggs-acktly . . . that was the alleged gang connection--after all, they were brown and Spanish-speaking, they must have been up to no good.

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I wasn't sure what a zoot suit actually looked like, so Googled ...

Is this what we're talking about?

If so, why consider banning it?

I can't say I've seen too many men (or women) dressed like this recently ... or ever, really.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c197/Stanzerl/zoot_suit.jpg

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@msolga,

That's roughly my mental picture. Notice the low hung pants and the extremely long coat.

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@evaelza888,

evaelza888 wrote:

What would be some arguments in favor of banning the Zoot Suit. And (optional) what would be some arguments
against the banning of the Zoot Suit.

There is no jurisdiction to ban it.
Its still a free country.

David

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i am not in favor of banning it...

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not sure about a zoot suit, but, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache, the "Boston Blackie" kind, a two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket and an autographed picture of Andy Devine

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@djjd62,

Well, its not autografed, but u can scroll thru this:
http://www.b-westerns.com/gunbelt9.htm

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Whoosh ! ! !

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@evaelza888,

There is one particular a2k member, kobereal24, who overly fetishizes the Zoot Suit Riots from 1943:
http://able2know.org/user/kobereal24/
http://able2know.org/topic/182379-1

PM him with this request for information and I'll bet he'll give you a thousand page dissertation on why the Zoot Suit should be banned.

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@OmSigDAVID,

That butt forward, cross-draw makes for a very fast draw - for the other guy.

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I saw this play by Luis Valdez at the Mark Taper back in the late seventies. I remember liking it and James Olmos at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_(play)

I like zoot suits much better than recently popular saggy pants.

well, the play link on wiki didn't post. To see it, go to wiki and check Valdez, Zoot Suit.

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@ossobuco,

I dunno if I agree with the dissimilarity with the baggy pants. The zoot was cut with a very low crotch. Remember the Mexican actor called Continflas (or something like that)? He looked ready to trip over his britches when he wasn't cast for Around the World in 80 days.

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