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- shutaro, on 07/09/2009, -31/+268You know who else hated bottled water? Hitler, that's who... Think about it.
- Smyley, on 07/09/2009, -33/+243Makes sense to me.
- inactive, on 07/09/2009, -4/+163I read in a history book that Hitler was a dick.
- 4AntiStupid, on 07/09/2009, -80/+214The road to facism is paved with good intentions? Why do people feel the need to force others to do what they think is a good idea? I'm waiting for the first big bottled water bust.
- overtoke, on 07/09/2009, -21/+152lots of fools commenting here... read the article please..
the public VOTE in this town was 398 for the ban - 2 against
the town will be installing fountains providing FREE water
this is not about banning water or forcing people to drink municipal water. it is about doing the right thing, instead of continuing to do the stupid thing. - NMRgentleman, on 07/09/2009, -23/+134Here we go again. A bunch of diggers who cry "freedom" whenever we're talking about banned drugs, instead applaud the banning of bottled water. I tend to think bottled water is pretty silly myself, but I've got no problems if my neighbor wants to drink it.
- TheNik, on 07/09/2009, -12/+109The road to fascism probably isn't paved by voter referendum. You act as if this was just a ban or something but it was voted on by the community.
- Mattlikespeople, on 07/09/2009, -3/+90I've got no problem if my neighbors do drugs as long as it doesn't affect me, legal or not.
- AndrewDB, on 07/09/2009, -9/+83Justin10, I hope you know you're paying for tap water that's been rebranded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfPAjUvvnIc - DBeta, on 07/09/2009, -5/+75Recycling is not that much better then throwing it in a landfill. It takes a lot of toxic chemicals and causes a lot of pollution. I'm not sure a ban is the best thing, but people really should just buy a water bottle and then purchase larger, refillable, jugs of water. It's far cheaper and doesn't come with the recycling issues.
- serif69, on 07/09/2009, -4/+68That history book sounds way cooler than the ones I read. Mine said were that he was a strong leader and potentially the most evil man ever, and went into detail about his personality and effect on history. They could've saved so much time by just saying, "Hitler was a dick."
- pathouston22, on 07/09/2009, -4/+63FROM MY COLD DEAD WET HANDS.
- bunit03057, on 07/09/2009, -12/+67Why didn't they ban all bottled liquids. Seems to me if I couldn't buy water I'd just get a Gatorade or flavored water instead. The increased demand for other bottled liquids will make up for the carbon footprint savings on transportation. They should just ban all goods that require transportation if they really want to make a difference.
/s - acceleration, on 07/09/2009, -7/+51Ever heard of buying a bottle and re-using it, filling it up with tap water? You seem to think the only alternative to buying bottled water is, quote, "getting on my knees like a ***** retard and drinking from a tap". You're ripping yourself off too, 2-3 bottles of water a week adds up.
But I think we're in agreement over those rip-off 600 ml bottles of Coke, often you can buy a 1.5 litre bottle in the same shop for less. But the reason people aren't against those is because soft drink doesn't flow out of every tap like water. - ripple123, on 07/09/2009, -3/+46is there like, a fountain of stupid that all stupid people drink from or something? thats the stupidest ***** proposition ive heard.
- FairDinkumMate, on 07/09/2009, -9/+51400 people voted, 2 dissented.
It's a voluntary ban, not legally enforceable(not that bottled water is a right anyway!)
Get over your 'I hate government' attitude & understand that in this town, the people themselves banned bottled water because they think that's what's best for THEIR community. Do you believe they shouldn't have the right to decide what's best for THEIR town? - jonglebeats, on 07/09/2009, -8/+50Filter?
- CoreyHalliwell, on 07/09/2009, -7/+47Lol Justin 10 you pretentious idiot. Bottled water companies are horrible! They're big corporate beings that suck communities dry of the water from their creeks, and lakes. They're much like oil companies. They displace communities so they can set up shop and take and peddle something we get for free. The bottled water industry is just a huge sham and the product they sell isn't more pure than tap water at all!
http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/water/2003/bot ...
Also, this is YOU. Idiot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9J1b3MqiX8 - roddack, on 07/09/2009, -9/+46have any stats to back that up?
Bottled water is typically filled from local municipalities of the distributor. - inactive, on 07/09/2009, -3/+38No, it wouldn't.
- rocknog, on 07/09/2009, -5/+39The pollution associated with the production and distribution of bottled water affects other people, you know. Just to play devil's advocate here. And it's pointless - 9 times out of 10, it's just tap water anyway.
- SteelChicken, on 07/09/2009, -34/+68Most city water across the world is unsafe and tastes like *****.
Give people better water to drink and we wont need to buy bottled. - pintomp3, on 07/09/2009, -6/+40"I don't give 2 ***** if the Earth is the worse for it. " This is why we can't have nice things.
- 1hrSleep, on 07/09/2009, -2/+35Okay but you guys are really missing something here.
First world countries have safe water. Australia counts as a first world country. They have safe water.
The places with unsafe water? They're not buying bottled water the same as you. They're buying jugs of generic water that's cheaper than your "spring water".
I demand a double blind on idiots in first world countries who think they can tell the difference. - LordByr0n, on 07/09/2009, -3/+31You know I just read that in the article. Why do I have to read it again in the comments? You didn't even add any input.
- bombula, on 07/09/2009, -9/+37@akaricloud
"I'll keep buying bottled water and I don't give 2 ***** if the Earth is the worse for it."
That's why responsible adults have no alternative but to take certain choices away from infantile morons like you. If you can't be trusted to care about the people and the world around you, you can't be trusted to act freely. - lsloany, on 07/09/2009, -6/+34@andrewDB My bottle water comes from clear pristine NATURAL spring water, surrounded by lush grren healthy trees and lovely singing wildlife. Zephyrhills wouldn't lie to me. My proof: http://store.islandcargosystems.com/images/24_half ...
Just look at that label. Natural Spring Water, oh baby it's so natural.
/s - Angostura, on 07/09/2009, -1/+28"Are you supposed to buy some water containers and fill them at the fountain?"
Why yes, yes you are. - GoneGreen, on 07/09/2009, -1/+28Some of the people commenting in this thread have their head up their asses.
- TaylorHelferty, on 07/09/2009, -13/+40And that's what it all comes down to, eh? Which is more convenient. Convenience used to be using a wheel instead of carrying something. Now it's become using a remote so you don't have to walk two feet. Convenience is what forms a lot of society and what is making the human race more and more unfit to do anything.
Also, people ARE in arms about bottles from Coca-Cola and other products. They have been for a while. The reason bottled water is the one you hear about most is because unlike Coca-Cola, it is completely USELESS when you have tap water everywhere and can easily grab a Nalgene to fill up. You did say that in your post, but you say why should you? You should because it's healthier for everything, not just the environment. You say you get mad when people cry brainwash, but what else do you call people making excuses such as "convenience" to continue buying something from corporations that is available in every home and public building for free?. How is it more convenient to dish out cash for a bottle every time as opposed to putting a bottle of tap water in the fridge every night and having it with you the next day? If anything, I find doing that MORE convenient than bottled water.
So I will not call brainwash, but I will call you on misunderstanding the meaning behind banning bottled water. It is harder to ban Coca-Cola and other products because you can't get them from a tap. At least not now. Yet with bottled water, it is the biggest corporate scam there is. And your argument there just proves how good a scam it is. - directedition, on 07/09/2009, -1/+27Penn and Teller did a blind taste test in NYC and found that people preferred the taste of NYC tap water over bottled.
- 1hrSleep, on 07/09/2009, -2/+27You know what my friends and I bring when we go for a hike?
Our own water bottles. Our own hydration packs.
We're not dumbasses. - bobt39, on 07/09/2009, -5/+30LOL @ "voluntary ban." Isn't that just called "not using it"
If this were really voluntary, there would be no need for a ban - people could just stop drinking bottled water! - rocknog, on 07/09/2009, -11/+34I don't see how anyone's freedom is being infringed upon. Buy a water bottle, fill it up regularly. Boom, it's the exact same ***** thing (except a helluva lot cheaper).
- dystra, on 07/09/2009, -1/+24i was actually looking for a mirror to that exact sentence. many thanks.
- tarley, on 07/09/2009, -5/+28Australia has some of the best quality tap water in the world. So while this decision may not work in Mexico City, you can definitely see the merit in Bundanoon.
- rocknog, on 07/09/2009, -6/+28I don't understand. What's the difference in convenience? In both cases, you have a portable bottle of water you can carry around with you. If anything, I would argue owning a water bottle is more convenient, because you don't have to repeatedly go to the store - once your purchase one, you can fill it up again at home.
- rocknog, on 07/09/2009, -2/+24But bottled water is made redundant by the ability to purchase a water bottle and fill it up. So therefore, it could be argued that it serves no function and therefore the pollution generated by it is completely pointless.
- drifter, on 07/09/2009, -31/+52Why wear clothes, petroleum is used to make it. Why buy shoes, why buy anything. I hate these stupid eco friendly people saying how horrible things are. Sure, teach people to recycle and consume less, but to flat out ban it?
This town must be full of people who love getting their rights taken away. - strangewill, on 07/09/2009, -2/+23I like how lots of people here can't grasp that reusing a water bottle isn't THAT hard.
- mountainwater, on 07/09/2009, -0/+20"Recycle" was the word and act that got the most attention over the last 20 years. Unfortunately in the trilogy of environmentally responsible actions, it's the least helpful of the three. The order of helpfulness is:
1. Reduce
2. Reuse
3. Recycle.
Recycling is good in general and far better than nothing. However, the act of recycling does use energy and resources that don't need to be committed. If you can wash a reusable water bottle or consume from very large containers (lower plastic to consumable ratio) then... try it.
Personally, I think the best part about teaching to recycle is cultivating the idea of a 'responsible environmental organism'. The onus might then transfer as social pressure on larger public entities. One person (or even hundreds) trying to be responsible for a lifetime is not likely ever to overcome the failures of large organizations without such a conscience. - overtoke, on 07/09/2009, -6/+26try reading the rest of the article. it was triggered by a greater concern that what you just copy pasted. that was ONE of the concerns.
bottled water (in plastic) is stupid. transporting water to a location that already has clean water is stupid. - RegularUser, on 07/09/2009, -1/+21You can always have a bottle with you so you can fill it up anytime and drink it anytime, right; einstein?
- bombula, on 07/09/2009, -2/+21@novalux
Is it fascist not to allow people to drink before they're 21? Is it fascist to regulate food and drug companies so they don't put pool cleaner in our baby food and toothpaste to cut costs like the Chinese? Is it fascist to not let people purchase land mines, anthrax, serin nerve gas and plutonium? Is it fascist to outlaw for-profit fire departments and police departments, even though they were once widespread? Is it fascist for the government to tax people so they can build roads and schools? Do you have a right to dump your company's toxic waste into a river that a whole town depends on?
All regulation takes choices away from individuals. It's ethical and moral, because the basis of all ethics and morality is constraint of action. By corollary, the _definition_ of unethical and immoral behavior is "doing whatever the hell I want, and I don't give 2 ***** about how it affects anyone else".
The 'responsible adults' who decide how to legislate society's ethics and morals - what we are free and not free to do - are elected. It's called Democracy, not fascism, and you would be wise to learn a bit more about how it works. - overtoke, on 07/09/2009, -10/+28it's about banning plastic... you can drink all the water you want still
- crilen007, on 07/09/2009, -2/+20Depends on a lot of things
Is it a used bottle?
Has it been cleaned?
Is the cap sealed?
Are you a dirty old man?
These things can change the answer. - mparker21311, on 07/09/2009, -9/+27Libertarianism is the radical notion that you don't own other people.
- collution, on 07/09/2009, -1/+19That's only in first world countries. Believe me, you don't want to drink tap in most third worlds.
- bunit03057, on 07/09/2009, -2/+20Some people don't understand how a market works.
- Hoogs, on 07/09/2009, -8/+26This is stupid. I always drink tap water, but sometimes buying bottled water is useful if you want to grab a quick drink on your way to school, or if you're camping. Just teach the public that tap water and bottled are both completely safe, and then let them make their own choices.
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