Since before the introduction of blue suede shoes, it has been the job of teenagers to cross fashion boundaries. And why shouldn't they? Without the limitations of a professional dress code and the intense desire to visually separate from the older and squarer, teens are the ideal candidates to make fashion statements.

Most of us made at least one fashion statement as teenagers, whether it was a spiky mohawk, facial piercing or something more subtle like safety-pinning the cuffs of our jeans. But when, if ever, do the fashion police need to step in?

Take sagging pants, for instance. Many adults cannot fathom why a person -- usually a teenaged male -- would choose to walk around with pants cinched around their thighs and boxers or briefs exposed.

It's believed that sagging started in prisons, where inmates were issued ill-fitting uniforms without belts (because of the risk of suicide) and the trend traveled beyond the Big House via hip-hop.

Recently in Louisiana, Shreveport and Alexandria city councils banned sagging pants in public schools. Under the ordinance, a Shreveport student with sagging pants would face community service or a $100 fine for a first offense, and in Alexandria, some sagging is tolerated, but pants exposing more than three inches results in a $200 fine.

In the Milwaukee Public Schools, sagging rules vary from school to school. Few schools tolerate super-low pants. But do you think MPS should ban sagging altogether?

Yes. MPS should ban sagging pants because, in short, sagging pants are ridiculous. They are overtly sexually suggestive and a distraction to other students. Plus, teens shouldn't practice a trend that originated in prison, but most of all, sagging looks stupid.

No. MPS has no right to enforce such a rule because sagging pants don't expose any "private parts." The right to fashion is a freedom we enjoy in this country along with all the others. Adults will always question the fashion of the younger folk, and forbiddance is never the answer.