thank you very much skedaddle, i mean it was in general but that long message above about the web antibarefoot i was suggested to make, being ignored hurted haha
Well in several of your responses you stated that you didn't know, or that they had a good point, or even contradicted yourself that barefoot is always better because you said on some terrains shoes have a purpose. So your not making a great argument there. Rick doesn't really need anyone standing up for him but many of us would say he is very experienced barefoot runner and barefoot in much of everyday life. He and many of us just use shoes as tools. Like you say, when the terrain is such that the foot may need protection. Much like you might wear a hat to block sun, or a coat when its cold, or a glove. I try to be barefoot whenever I can and have run 2 marathons barefoot. But I wear shoes most of winter, and when I need protection. For example right now I am renovating the half of my house that is over 100 years old. I have torn down plaster walls and ceilings. There is 100 years worth of mouse and rat poops everywhere. Fiberglass insulation everywhere, nails, maybe lead in the paint dust. I think I'll keep my heavy steel toed boots on. But I take them off as soon as I am done.
Going back to your original post though...
arent shoes deforms the toes and weakens the whole foot tendons muscles etc
yes
Sometimes. But 'shoes' is a very broad term. There are certainly many options out there that do not do these things.
isnt going barefoot develop perfectly the foot as it is designed to develop?
yes
Agreed. However most of us have already worn shoes most of our life and already have unnaturally developed feet. Going barefoot can still be better in many cases, but we arent going to fix our feet that already are rounded like the one in your avatar on the right. My big toe and little toe are already curved in a little, as most here probably are. Its unlikely unless your still a child that these will grow back to 'natural'.
I think the risk of stepping on things is way overblown. I pay a lot more attention where I step barefoot than I ever did with shoes. I step on less bad things. Last year someone I work with stepped in dog poo and didn't realize it and tracked it in all the way through parking garage at work, into the building, up 4 floors, and into the office. Gross. even if he stepped in it barefoot he would have immediately attempted to clean his feet and probably wouldn't have tracked it in everywhere. Of course the sole of a regular shoe is more protection from cuts and scrapes, but this extra protection is only beneficial in some circumstances. I have got a few uncomfortable splinters from thorns and other unknown tiny objects, but overall this is very minor. Worse thing I've stepped on was probably barb wire from an old fence that was laying on the ground, and the barb penetrated into my heel around 1/4" but caused only slight discomfort and no bleeding since my heel was very thick and tough. I've stepped on a nail before wearing regular shoes that made me bleed when I was a kid.are there risks as stepping on cristals, nails and worms in infected soil(but very rare in most places)?
yes
doesnt dogs have practically the same risks in going shoeless with cristals, nails and probaly worms than us?
yes (my dog in 4 years cutted with cristal once and stepped in 1 nail)
arent cars risky? doenst everyday dies a lot of people in cars?
yes
why it is encouraged then to use them if they have so many risks?
arent the beneficts inmense in using a car for travelling 100km compared to travel 100km walking and avoiding the minimun risks of cars?
isnt that analogous to going barefoot?
also, why people let dogs walk shoeless if its so risky?
I don't relate barefoot to cars that way. Cars are almost required to function in modern society, unless your are fortunate enough to live near everything you need, and in those cases some people do live without cars. I relate cars more to shoes. I don't need them, they in many ways complicate life so much, are very expensive and wish I didn't have to use them so much. As for dogs, it is 'normal' for dogs to be shoeless even in our modern society. Their feet are very tough and used to it. The problem with people wearing shoes is that it has become the normal. Peoples feet have gotten weaker, and unhealthy. And most people today are too lazy or wimpy to toughen them back up. The most common thing I hear from people who are amazed I can walk around barefoot is that their feet are too sensitive and weak. Either they just don't realize that the shoes caused it, or they are unwilling to go to the temporary inconvenience of strengthening them. Also many people seem to care a lot more about fashion than function and would gladly cram their deformed feet into a pair of expensive designer high heels. Two women here at work are always talking about their new shoes and outfits. They have complained to me a few times how my minimalist shoes look hideous and ask why I would want to wear them. Its like they have no idea that fashion isn't whats on everyone's mind all the time.
I like a lot of the things you think, and wish today's society here was much more accepting of barefoot. But sometimes shoes can be good tools when they are needed or benefit us in certain ways.