You can read it anyway you want. "You don't need" and "I didn't do" are two totally separate things. But since you bought it up I don't believe it's needed.

You have every right to your opinion. I have every right to mine. I did it one way and you did it another on Sean's rig. Sounds like we have two perfect examples to use. I'll let you know when and if my boots wear through and you let me know when and if Sean's boots fail from the extra stress caused by stretching them.

If you want to talk about it some more bump one of the boot stretch mod threads or create a new one. I'm all for getting the to the truth of which one is better. Opinions don't really interest me.