What do the Universal Declaration of Human Rights mean?
Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness,
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Nothing means much today. Afterall, it is April 1st.
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But those people, the ones who want everyone to have something, have been around for years. And there are still starving children in Africa.
So what's with this water issue? Are people saying that it's more important than the food issue now? That all causes should be fought?
We know it's not a good idea to just give all the poor people in countries everything they need, even if we would ever consider that, because it creates dependence (insert cliche fish story here).
Is there a way to help the starving children in Africa without hurting them in the long run? Educate them? But you can't educate children whose families are dying of thirst...
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In some cases the government water supplies were taken over by private companies and people who can't afford clean water are cut off from it.
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