I agree completely, that's why I said it's a good thing to have foot retention. However, if you ride without foot retention on a bike with brakes, well, no one is going to post you in the jackass thread. Thats because when your foot slips, and the pedal spins out of control, all you have to do is slow down and you can catch up with it again. If you don't have brakes, once your foot leaves the pedal, you have lost your only means of slowing down.