Barefoot professor in Virginia preaches shoelessness

Washington Post ^ | October 17, 2010 | Daniel de Vise

[RoadTest]

Yeah. Nails and broken glass might cut the feet, but they’ll heal, if they don’t get infected.

[GeronL]

Because the lord knows that shoes are the worst thing ever, its the biggest crisis we have right now.

[103198]

I’m in Virginia - but always wear sandals except when the snow gets above 2 inches. Barefoot is a little tough...

[Izzy Dunne]

to challenge America's cultural addiction to shoes

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.

[Hunton Peck]

He’d be run out of town if Craddock-Terry were still in business.

[sam_paine]

Ok. So now here's a question!

If a VETERAN goes into a "no shirt no shoes" restaurant barefoot, should they seat him anyway? =)

[Psalm 144]

“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.

[CodeToad]

I’m all for that! Shorts, flip-flops and tank tops work for me!

[SpaceBar]

I guess the idiot never heard of hookworm.

[ameribbean expat]

http://www.ems.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3856655

[VRWCmember]

Howell "likens the shoe to a cast that immobilizes an otherwise healthy foot and prevents it from functioning as nature intended," the article says.

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.

[Leo Farnsworth]

If you don't have a shoe, how can you throw one at Bush?

[VRWCmember]

Exodus 12:11 - "Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste - it is the LORD'S Passover."

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.

[Inyo-Mono]

Yeah, he can come on up hiking through the sharp rocks and cactus where I live.

[VRWCmember]

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.

[olezip]

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.

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.

[GenXFreedomFighter]

The article doesn't allude to the prof's politics, but I suspect that he's just another kooky hippie leftist. He's not content with just doing something different and going about his business. He has to preach at people that EVERYBODY should be doing it!

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?

[Jack Hydrazine]

We have an addiction to oil and to shoes. What’s next? Indoor plumbing?

[LibWhacker]

A kooky suggestion today, a serious one tomorrow, a demand the next, and after that, Obama takes over the shoe industry and shuts it down. That's how the liberal mind works.

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.