The topic we
discussed in class was about the water crisis. Specifically, is it ethical for
Americans to use over their allowance of water? I have an opinion; I’d have to
say yes. First, let me state now that I have an “S” personality type; so I’m
more sensitive and emotional towards other people. But, I would hope almost
everyone would believe it’s unethical and unfair. And although I feel that it’s
unethical very much so, what am I to do to change the current state? We supposedly live in a “democracy” and not a “dictatorship,” but it seems like it's the
complete opposite. I can’t change the state of the water crisis by myself, I’m not a
king, or in the House of Representatives, or the president. I’m only a young citizen (who by the way is only a student.) I can however speak my mind, but only that. While thinking about the
topic this weekend, I saw a Google alert similar to it. The Google alert showed
an article entitled, “Water privatization and the rising conflict.” The author,
Jan Lundberg went to great depths to explain about the water crisis, the
overpopulation issues, and other global issues. The author explains upon us being “robbed” by the government
because we are paying for polluted water. Furthermore, the author goes into
depth about the clean water has been becoming more and more scarce due to
overpopulation. And not only that, but because of waste and greed! The author
gave a startling statistic about Africa, “Every day 30,000 children in the
Third World die of preventable causes.” Bottom line, we must do something,
anything if possible. Although you are only one person, just as I am, we can
still gather media and a create media frenzy so that the subject is known and
that it should be stopped as quickly as possible.
Here is the
article if you would like to view it.
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