Understood, Cat. It's
Understood, Cat. It's happening on my end too. What's good is that at least the site accepts your post after you hit Save, but IE craps out after that.
I understand why people say they hate shoes. Shoes are what destroyed my feet. Sure it was my bad decisions as to what I put on my feet, but when it comes to athletic shoes, I was doing what the medical and running shoe industries recommend and what society dictates. My second podiatrist wears Brooks Beasts after all. You see a doctor of the foot wearing something like that, you think hey, now there's a good shoe to wear. We just don't know any better, but thank God we're learning.
At the same time, I can appreciate that there are "some" types of shoes that may be good for us under certain cicumstances. I see the benefits in some types of shoes, but most of them are crap. As long as they are a healthy choice, I have no problem with them personally. For all other shoes, I hate them. Now if the next guy is running in a pair of Brooks Beast and loving life, not getting injured, then who am I to argue with him about what is good for him?
With that said, I remind myself constantly to not come across as a narrow-minded barefoot purist, since I am not, although some narrow-minded shod purists see me that way. ;-)