PrintOctober 23, 2010
Who Foots the Bill
A Parable for Our TimesFrank Podi was born without feet. His parents did not know why. The doctors did not know why, and after years of searching for an answer, Frank never found out why. It just happened.When Frank was in school, he would look out the window at all the other boys with feet, and then he would spend long afternoons alone in the library. One day in the library, Frank decided he would become an expert on shoes. Frank soon saw how shoes were causing damage to the environment, especially the high-heeled shoes many women took pleasure in wearing. The rubber-soled sneakers athletes wore, which left black marks on the school's tile floor, were also troublesome. How foolish was Frank's classmate, who chided him one day with the words, "I cried because I had no shoes, but then I met a man who had no feet."Frank launched a campaign to get rid of shoes. At first there was resistance, but when it was discovered by vegetarians that many leather shoes were made in...(Read Full Article)
