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[sororcula]

Okay, okay, I think the going barefoot for a day thing is great and I think Tom's Shoes is pretty cool, and yadda yadda. But I do, uh... Have to just say... If the point of this is to build empathy and support for people who live in desperate poverty such that they can't even afford shoes (which, of course, can be a stepping stone to things like,

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[asemic]

My thoughts exactly. It's like, you are just going to sit at home without shoes, walk on the beach, or through the house. That's...no. Sorry.

[sororcula]

Haha, okay, glad I'm not alone in this. I don't want to sound like a jerk! I know it's done with good intentions and everything. But I don't think these kids really know what they're talking about. I would just as soon keep my shoes on and be fucking GRATEFUL TO OWN THEM, and spend some time contemplating the global-structural factors in place causing kids in the Third World to go barefoot.

[mustangcandi]

o_O

I whole-heartedly agree with you on this one.

*shakes head*

[sororcula]

Riiight?