Posted on 10/18/2010 2:30:37 PM PDT by FTJM
Daniel Howell, a biology professor at Virginia's Liberty University, is on a "crusade to challenge America's cultural addiction to shoes", according to a feature in the Richmond Times-Dispatch that has hit the wires.
Howell "likens the shoe to a cast that immobilizes an otherwise healthy foot and prevents it from functioning as nature intended," the article says.
His argument doesn't always go over well in restaurants. So he carries a letter from the state health department that says bare feet in a restaurant is not a health code violation.
Howell teaches biology at Liberty and is required to wear shoes in the classroom. He took to barefoot walking by way of barefoot running, a practice that is, by contrast, well within the bounds of social acceptability.
He is author of "The Barefoot Book: 50 Great Reasons to Kick Off Your Shoes".
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Yeah. Nails and broken glass might cut the feet, but they’ll heal, if they don’t get infected.
Because the lord knows that shoes are the worst thing ever, its the biggest crisis we have right now.
I’m in Virginia - but always wear sandals except when the snow gets above 2 inches. Barefoot is a little tough...
Notice how it's America's addiction.
I thought that people were wearing shoes in a whole lot of places, a long time before America was invented.
But somehow, it's America's fault.
He’d be run out of town if Craddock-Terry were still in business.
If a VETERAN goes into a "no shirt no shoes" restaurant barefoot, should they seat him anyway? =)
“Howell “likens the shoe to a cast that immobilizes an otherwise healthy foot and prevents it from functioning as nature intended,” the article says.”
Not entirely untrue, which is why I like sheepskin boots and moccasins, which are way better for walking across gravel or accidentally stepping in a pile of Obama.
I’m all for that! Shorts, flip-flops and tank tops work for me!
I guess the idiot never heard of hookworm.
Yet when Paul talks about putting on the whole armor of God, he speaks of having your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel. Also, John the Baptist when speaking about Jesus said "I am unworthy to untie the laces of His shoes". So both Jesus and Paul seemed to find some value in shoes for the protection of feet.
God's commandment to the Hebrews in Egypt as they prepared for their Passover feast was to be ready to depart quickly for their journey, which included already having their shoes on their feet.
Yeah, he can come on up hiking through the sharp rocks and cactus where I live.
Moses and Joshua, whom God chose to lead His people, wore shoes. God only told them to remove their shoes when the place they were standing was Holy. At no other time than when they were standing on Holy Ground did God ever instruct anyone to remove their shoes.
Yes, Howell tells us how to solve the problems of the world, problems he avoided by becoming a professor. I seriously doubt that he would go barefoot in a New York taxi cab, or, similarly, a well used outhouse.
They're not content to simply mind their own business, drive their Priuses, forego deodorant, avoid eating meat, live in their eco-huts, etc. etc. etc. Seriously, why do the hippies think they have to compel everyone else to do things their way?
We have an addiction to oil and to shoes. What’s next? Indoor plumbing?
I've said it before and now is a good time to repeat it: The bastards want us all to walk to work everyday on dirt paths in our bare feet.
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