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LOL...too funny! The only problem is the plastic bottle, not so green.

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I grew up in Queens, but moved to S. Jersey when I was 16. One of the most difficult adjustments was drinking the water, seriously. I remember how we objected to the way it tasted after we moved. So, yes, I can understand how someone could come up with the idea and the product. I've learned to live without though and I guess I will continue without.

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Bottling our tap is exploiting the fact that we have clean water in NYC. It's like selling air. It's taking something that should be public, CLEAN, accessible to all and privatizing it. It's just not the direction that we should be going right now especially when it's adding more trash to our landfills. What if our air became so polluted that the only people who had access to clean air were those who could afford to buy it from the private sector. The government should be responsible in making sure that our water is clean and that our air is clean. Once the private sector assumes responsibility for these functions, it relieves the government of the responsibility, leaving the neediest without.

It's exploiting people's desire for convenience. Taking what belongs to us all and packaging and selling it to us. That's not too cool. There's probably something to the idea of a product staying closer to the source but it's just not right. It's inviting the system to fail us when a private company cleans our tap. The gov't should give us clean water, no one should have to sell it and it should be accessible to all, not just people who can afford to buy cleaner water. I encourage everyone to watch the film,"Thirst" and begin to understand that there is a real ethical dilemma in what the private sector is doing. For more information about "Thirst," visit thirstthemovie.org.

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