I hate articles like this, about the big “news” last week that Aquafina was not spring water.  Well duh!  People are morons for thinking it is.

On top of that, I hate the black-and-white arguments that news organizations try to make some issues.  The presumption is that people that drink bottled water are wasting money, especially with brands like Aquafina and Dasani that are essentially purified tap water, because it’s so much cheaer from the tap.  And that’s the end of the discussion.

What about people that drink bottled water as an alternative to soda or any other type of beverage??  Are they not supposed to buy a bottle of water instead of a bottle of soda because water is cheaper right out of the tap?  Case in point:  I went shopping yesterday with my daughter.  We were only going to make a quick run, but ended up having to go to three different stores to find the item we were looking for.  After the 2nd store, we were both hot and thirsty, so we bought a bottle of Dasani from a vending machine.

Was that not a healthier choice than buying a Coke?  Should we have bought a Coke because, at home, where we were not at, we could have gotten water from our tap for a lot cheaper?  Even if we had planned ahead and brought some water from home in a sport bottle or something, chances are that, after sitting in the 130 degree car for three store stops, it would have been warm and crappy.  But we are somehow evil for buying a bottle of water??

The whole argument just makes me fume.