<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The word "our" connotes a sense of ownership. <div><br></div><div>More of our human hubris of colonization precepts. <div><br></div><div>Water is not owned by us nor any other entity...it is a life force...</div><div><br></div><div>Please seriously consider what are the beliefs we wish to represent</div><div><br></div><div>"PROTECTING CLEAN WATER IS UP TO US"</div><div><br></div><div>Shannon answered an earlier email regarding using "our" and seems to agree </div><div><br></div><div>with love,</div><div><br></div><div>Baile</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Beth Brenneman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Shannon suggested, "Protecting our water. It's up to us." How about "PROTECTING OUR WATER IS UP TO US."? It flows (no pun intended) better and would take up less room. But it has all the needed meanings in it that Shannon is talking about (right, Shannon?). Maybe some musical person could even make a song or jingle out of it. What do ya'll think??<br clear="all">
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trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've
seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as
speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.”</font></span>
<font><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy" target="_blank">Arundhati Roy</a></font>
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