Southern Water War

Although I was more than relieved and ecstatic when I saw how long the article was, after reading the editorial piece my initial enthusiasm had completely diminished. Dubbed as the “Southern Water War”, the dispute between Georgia and Tennessee over the precious natural commodity can be seen as a conflict which originally began nearly 200 years ago. Although the border was initially drawn in 1818, there is now a commonly disputed debate over its inaccurate position. The governor of Tennessee, Ron Littlefield even recognizes its inexact position, but refuses to compromise on moving the contiguous line just one mile north to the 35^th parallel. I actually agree with the people of Tennessee. Moving the line to the 35^th parallel will infringe on their sense of pride in their land. America’s sense of patriotism resonates with a familiar tone that extends into every state. Taking that sense of pride away from a sector of Tennesseans will seem selfish and greedy. Georgia, especially Atlanta needs better planning. Instead of trying to dip our dry withered hands into the water of a neighboring state such as Tennessee or Alabama, we need to work on conserving the water we have.  As a Georgian, we just need to discipline our water consumption and we need to keep our thirsty mouths away from Tennessee water. Tennessee should not have to pry their own water from our hot, dry, and sweaty hands.