The article "Lawn-watering spat leads to death" by the Associated Press was really surprising to me and shocked me at what people will do over stupid little things. The article was about how a 66 year old man whose name was not released died over an argument about Sydney's watering restrictions. The killer, a 36 year old man will appear in court on Thursday charged with murder. It was reported the older man first sprayed the 36 year old after having a heated argument over how much water he was using, then the younger man pushed the 66 year old man to the ground and continuesly punched him. Soon after an off duty police officer came in, arrested the younger man, and called an ambulance. The older man was taken to the hospital and soon after was announced dead.
What matters: What matters from this story is the fact that ordinary people can't just work out a simple problem on watering their lawn. Instead of just coming up and saying "Hey, I don't think you're supposed to be watering your lawn right now", instead they have to get into a huge fight and someone has to die over watering your lawn. It's sad that people can't communicate like human beings and work things out by themselves.
How this affects me: This affects me because Denver, Colorado also has watering restrictions but luckily I haven't had anyone try to kill me over them. I think watering restrictions are a good thing because it limits how much water we use and prevents people from wasting it.
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