http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/comment-page-1/#comment-95 On Being One of Two Boxes | Oceans of Thought Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:23:11 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/#comment-95 [...] I realized this fit my own philosophy, as i’ve defined it. “If you bring me a problem without a solution, I will make you the solution.” And that I should look for the uncleaned coffee pot. [...] [...] I realized this fit my own philosophy, as i’ve defined it. “If you bring me a problem without a solution, I will make you the solution.” And that I should look for the uncleaned coffee pot. [...]

]]> http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/comment-page-1/#comment-26 OceansOfThought Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:40:03 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/#comment-26 Is the simple problem Lack of water? or basic needs for living. As i point out in my Justifiable war post, getting and taking resources has been a reason for wars since olden times. This is no different. Piping water from one country to another would create problems, as i've indicated above, moving water around Sudan would also create a problem, but the underlying fact is that they need water, or the people need to move. It is that simple. Where they move to, where you get the water from, etc, all are the other complications that creep in and things get messy. Is the simple problem Lack of water? or basic needs for living. As i point out in my Justifiable war post, getting and taking resources has been a reason for wars since olden times. This is no different.
Piping water from one country to another would create problems, as i’ve indicated above, moving water around Sudan would also create a problem, but the underlying fact is that they need water, or the people need to move. It is that simple. Where they move to, where you get the water from, etc, all are the other complications that creep in and things get messy.

]]> http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/comment-page-1/#comment-25 FlannelDoormat Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:46:23 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/03/24/on-darfur-and-the-uncleaned-coffeepot/#comment-25 Perhaps you’ve already broached this in other posts, but someday the World Wars will not be fought over oil supplies, but over fresh water supplies. There are currently laws and treaties in place in our country and internationally to maintain water distribution within it’s own watershed. Piping to another can cause disastrous results, and doesn’t solve the problem; it only shifts it, sometime irreparably. Perhaps you’ve already broached this in other posts, but someday the World Wars will not be fought over oil supplies, but over fresh water supplies. There are currently laws and treaties in place in our country and internationally to maintain water distribution within it’s own watershed. Piping to another can cause disastrous results, and doesn’t solve the problem; it only shifts it, sometime irreparably.

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