Do you really need Fiji water more than Fijians do?

agreed, I dislike that "flat" taste.

I am aware of that. I still fail to see why I shouldn't be able to buy cleaner (fact) and better tasting (opinion) water if I choose and not have a clear concious about it. I shouldn't buy it because I have drinkable tap water and someone else in the world doesn't? That just doesn't make sense.

And stating; I do think it is horrible that there are people in this world that don't have clean water and other amenities that I do here in American, but I am not going to help someone buy not purchasing the product.

From the article I linked above:

"The small island nation of Fiji with its population of about 150,000 - is now controlled by a military regime that took control via the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.
With such an unstable government - the people suffer while some industries prosper. One of these prospering companies is Fiji Water. ...
Today, about one-third of Fiji’s people lack access to clean drinking water, leading to incidents of typhoid and other water-related diseases.
The irony of this statistic is that Fiji Water exported about 130 million liters of Fiji water in the past year. To put on a “green face” to the world – Fiji Water returns a token amount of money to help with bringing clean water to various areas of Fiji. However, according to a recent BBC investigation, the Fiji capital of Suva, where Fiji Water flies their bottles from – has an undependable water system due to infrastructure failure.
And, let’s not overlook the “transnational” power Fiji Water wields over the relatively powerless rulers of Fiji.
In early July of 2008, the Fijian government proposed a tax on bottled water in order to generate income and to help conserve the island’s water resources. In a span of a couple of weeks – Fiji had to abort the bottled water tax because of arm-twisting by the bottled water lobby.
The arm-twisting occurred when bottling companies shut down factories – stating that they would not operate under such a tax.
This bottled water protest would have cost Fiji up to $3 million in lost export revenues a week. With such a big gun to their heads – the Fijian government dropped their tax proposal.
Now, to wrap this up – there is one vital aspect of this Fijian water debacle that never receives mention. And, that is the long term environmental consequence of taking precious, life-giving water and putting it inside plastic containers for transplanetary shipment up to 10,000 miles. By the way – most of us know that freshwater on volcanic islands is rare – due to the porous soils and rocks that make up such islands. Therefore, any freshwater that is found on a volcanic island is precious because it usually flows out into the ocean rather quickly.
Freshwater is the most precious liquid on Earth. Through the alchemical miracle of our hydrologic cycle – freshwater is naturally manufactured by nature and temporarily stored on land. And, only a small fraction, about one-hundredth of one-percent, is readily available for human use.
The key to the success and sustenance of all life is the energetic flow of water through our biosphere. When precious freshwater flows from land and mixes with our world’s seawater – there is a magical explosion of life along the so-called “coastal zone.” This explosion of coastal life is vital to the foundation of the food chain serving all oceanic life.
When we pump freshwater from any volcanic island, such as we find in Fiji – we remove a vital life-giving force from that region of the ocean. In fact, Fiji Water brags about how remote the Fijian islands are – and thus capitalize on the purity of Fiji water. However, this remoteness is what makes Fijian freshwater all the more valuable to the local people, their island ecosystems, and the oceanic ecosystems that have evolved in that region over millions of years.
Therefore, each time you see a bottle of Fiji Water – consider the price of that bottle of water to our living world today and our living world of the future. Perhaps, you may see that the price is far beyond that of what you take out of your pocket and then throw away into the garbage bin after a couple of gulps."

Hmm, I apologize but I didn't read your link. Maybe a little more light on subject. This explains what is going on more clearly.

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