# City-wide dress code? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686 "2010-07-10T19:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/1 "2010-07-10T19:49:17Z")
I searched and didn’t see any threads about this… [http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-white-tshirts-are-not-ok-in-philly/?TrackID=obpaid&obref=obnetwork](http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-white-tshirts-are-not-ok-in-philly/?TrackID=obpaid&obref=obnetwork) > Philadelphia Senator Anthony Williams has decided that there’s an interesting juxtaposition between crime and style, and is cracking down on the city’s issues by addressing the fashion choices of a few residents. This morning, during an announcement from the Mayor, Williams mentioned that extra funds from the city’s budget are going to be devoted to stopping the “white-T culture” in Philadelphia. Essentially, he feels that by eliminating the ability to derive power from their common look, the Senator believes he’ll effectively decrease the power of street gangs who hang around on the city’s corners in huge white T-shirts. “We’re penetrating the veil of silence,” he said of the decision. “During these tough economic times, we have to set our priorities and be a role model for the country. These children are looking for us to stand up for them, and we have to turn this ‘white-T culture’ in a different direction.” I hate to say it, but, uh, I don’t think the solution to ending gang violence is as easy as banning white T-shirts. What do you think? Could nixing the white T-shirt culture really help change the crime problems of the city? And what about people who aren’t in gangs who want to wear white T-shirts? ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/2 "2010-07-10T19:51:35Z")
Idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/3 "2010-07-10T19:54:29Z")
![http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/1984-movie-big-brother.jpg](http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/1984-movie-big-brother.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/4 "2010-07-10T20:43:34Z")
I don’t see anything saying he intends to ban anything. Only that he wants to use funds which could mean anything… or am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/5 "2010-07-11T00:18:24Z")
Blacks. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/6 "2010-07-11T03:42:50Z")
I’m in white tees for days ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/7 "2010-07-11T06:22:16Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > I don’t see anything saying he intends to ban anything. Only that he wants to use funds which could mean anything… > > or am I missing something? This is why you shouldn’t get your news from blogs, lol. Put his quote in the context of the cities new witness protection initiative that he was speaking about at the time and read it again; "“We’re penetrating the veil of silence,” he said of the decision. “During these tough economic times, we have to set our priorities and be a role model for the country. These children are looking for us to stand up for them, and we have to turn this ‘white-T culture’ in a different direction.” > **[City commits $200,000 to fight witness intimidation](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20100618_City_commits__200_000_to_fight_witness_intimidation.html)** > > In a significant step, Mayor Nutter said Thursday that he would commit $200,000 to fight witness intimidation, often cited as a reason many criminals walk free in Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/city-wide-dress-code/157686/8 "2010-07-11T06:31:09Z")
Yeah I should have read it over last night. I wasn’t really paying attention to the source, I had just followed a link from the cnn website.