[MD] thoughts on water

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ian]
Two points specifically. The value of our "convenience". And our 
tendency to "post-rationalize" the indefensible.

[Arlo]
Its also funny to me how our "convenience" is measured by a scale 
completely out of whack with the "hardships" faced by the majority in 
the world (past and present). Every time we make a new stride towards 
"convenience", we renormalize our expectations. The luxury ceases to 
be a luxury and becomes the expected given, then the absence of the 
thing is seen as an impossible hardship.

Yes, post-rationalization is a problem we must face. It is the path 
of least effort, the path of eternal hindsight.

SA, I hope your non-reply was not because you saw my post as an 
admonition of you. I do think that we want to keep a system that 
allows us to get clean water conveniently when we need it. And I 
don't think that needing or using this from time to time is a 
problem. My only point was that we should encourage those around us 
to make responsible decisions. I think the general charge is that we 
are all guilty of this (in some form, not just regarding bottled 
water), or at the very least to turning a blind eye.