What is the economical impact of destructive fetishism?

[bezoar]

Hello

Hello, i'm Bezoar, a newbie.

Do you know about legal regulations?

Shoes are by far, the most expensive clothe.
1. I think, Donation Programs (there are people in poverty-stricken in Kentucky, Apalachian Mountains,...not only out of America) must penalize Shoe Burning E-commerce, Shoe Wetting, etc...if the shoes fund are still weareable.

2. The bids should'nt reach exorbitant prices. The profit earned by a trashed shoes seller must be reinvested in the shoe industry.

3. Ecology/Economy is a vulnerable global process, the responsible use of resurces is crucial.

4.Cobbler techniques must be taught in shoe fetish forums. To re-use leather parts of old shoes in mending, patching the insides, etc, to extend the life of shoes.

[muddy2shoes]

\care I dont think so......

[Wetshoe]

1. High heels are removed from batches of donated shoes before they are donated.
2. They are, in the form of retail sales of new shoes to trash.
3. Yes, better that trashed shoes end up on this website rather than landfills.
4. And put all the regular cobblers out of business?

Welcome, and thanks for your concern!

[bezoar]

I dont wanna sound like a Joykill Sergeant, indeed i enjoy to see wet trashed shoes in the mall, but i've seen in the web, some apparently new pumps drowned in a pool, others cutted with a knife (trashtheshoes.com).

If a cobbler could paint, polish and patch all the ladie's worn-out high heels, to wear them in public 'til its end; then i would love to see those ladies cutting their pumps, after showing how tattered and heavily worn looks the insides.

Cows expels CO2, pollutes our air...

[xee3zzd]

I really should have avoided this thread.

[Wetshoe]

paint and polish are chemicals. very bad for the environment.

cows don't expel anything after you turn them into shoes.

[cw147-mhh]

This is the funnyest topic I have ever seen on this forum

[Tempic-mhh]

People need to understand that destroying shoes isn't in any way more wasteful than any other form of entertainment that's based on consumption.
I mean let's say you're riding a rollercoaster, what's the real cost of that? Building the thing took thousands of work hours, maintaining it takes a whole staff of people, it takes a lot of grease, spare parts and other items to keep it running, it consumes a lot of power from the grid which is mostly produced by burning things... Just because you're not breaking something when you ride a rollercoaster you simply can't argue that the activity isn't wasteful when you consider all the more productive uses of those same resources. The reason why we permit rollercoasters to exist is simply because people pay to ride them because they are fun, so operating them creates more jobs, the economy keeps moving...
If someone buys a pair of shoes and then destroys them the effect is the same, sure, you could argue its a wasteful activity, but overall its not different from any other activity where resources are expended for the enjoyment of people.
Besides, plenty of us here are only into the destruction of old shoes that have outlived their usefulness anyways.

[Lazlo]

3. Ecology/Economy is a vulnerable global process, the responsible use of resurces is crucial.

Hey Greenpeace noobs. Why don't you find some other Save The Whales web site if this one offends your moral sensibilities. The last thing I want to read about when I come here is some dudes Liberal screed complaining about my fetish and it's effects on the ecology.