Friday, July 15, 2011

Term 3 Assignment 2

Is there a difference between treating water as a human right and as a commodity?

Water, is essential to every living organism in the world. Every living thing requires water in order to live, without any water nothing can survive. Over the years, drinking water is becoming more and more scarce and with the gradual increase in the world's population, and also the increase of temperature due to global warming. Human right means that it is accesible to anyone, regardless of age, physique, religion, race, skin colour and so on. However, a commodity refers to an item of value that can be sold. I feel that water should not be treated as a commodity. If water needs to be purchased, what about those who are too poor to afford it? They just suffer and die a horrible death due to dehydration.

In your opinion, should water be treated as a human right or as a commodity?

In my opinion water should be treated a human right and not a commodity as water is a particular resource that everyone requires. Water is a neccessity, not a luxury. Without water, nothing can survive. How can one charge another for water? Water should be shared and treated as a commodity. Regardless of how powerful, how rich you are, you cannot buy all the water in the world. Thus, i feel that water should be treated as a human right.

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