Would You?

http://www.worldvision.org.uk/water

Today 1.1 billion people will have no choice but to drink dirty water.

Thanks to an accident of birth, you're not one of them.

But what if you were? If you had to wash the dishes with it, bathe in it, drink it - and ask yourself this question-if you had to give dirty water to those you love knowing it could kill them, would you?

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[jmtooe]

The vast majority of people living in these countries are powerless to change the situation. Even where there is the veneer of democracy, corruption sees to it that most individuals have no voice to influence the outcome of elections, let alone policy development. We cannot therefore, sit by and say, 'it is their country, their choice, their problem; they should do something about it'. The weather, the arms trade, terrorism, know no boundaries; neither should love in action. Let's act NOW!

[fadingwhispers]

cuz of course there is no water at all in booze

[CCRkunk88]

I'm sorry I sound like an ass, but there will always be hunger, there will always be thirst, there will always be poverty, and there will always be war. While the population increases everyday, there are some things you just can't control. I will try to do my part to reduce it, but I don't know how was can eliminate any of it.

[CCRkunk88]

@philippetoupin Not to sound rude about it but it doesn't take entirely clean water to do those things. But I do understand where you're coming from.

[emncaity]

@jmtooe

Of course, the "veneer of democracy"--the illusion of participation--is becoming increasingly how the U.S. government works as well. One party, the American Corporate Party, varsity and junior varsity versions. I guess there's still enough difference that voting is worthwhile, but why are we stuck with a choice between heinous and barely tolerable, when it comes to the degree of corporate-friendliness? A lot of people are getting sick of it.

[emncaity]

Hey, as long as corporations get their tax breaks, what's everybody worried about?

I hope the posters here know how corporations are competing for water rights in other nations (in the U.S. as well) and are figuring out how to exploit local water laws to bottle the available natural water for profit. The poor who have it bad now are going to have it a lot worse before long, if we keep heading down this profits-above-all path. They'll never be able to afford water for profit.

[garyshouse305]

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[stickdude509]

@Soamsie yea it does.

[TheAnthony15432]

@fadingwhispers acually they live the $1 a day

[HeatherOfOz]

They have very little to eat too.

[utahmomma]

No one is powerless. Just uneducated of their potential.