I see the issue has already been addressed. Let me add that while torn pants are not a life threatening situation, it could be embarrassing if your underwear is exposed. For some, this is an issue; for some it is not.

Jeanette Isabelle
_________________________
I'm not sure whose twisted idea it was to put hundreds of adolescents in underfunded schools run by people whose dreams were crushed years ago, but I admire the sadism. -- Wednesday Adams, Wednesday