This review essay may contain some errors about the objective truth. Also, this review essay is completely written by myself. Therefore might have a biased opinion. Please tell me if this essay includes some errors about the objective truth. Also, I like to hear your idea about my opinion. Please leave them in the comment.
Today, there are many people who think about the ecosystem and eco-friendly life. However, there are many people who use this trend for their own interests. According to the article, NIMBYs, which stands for "Not In My Backyard", were used to say about "their environment" when they're opposing the development plan to build houses and other buildings. But, currently, NIMBYs mention "the environment" when they're doing the same thing. Consequently, their intention is the same but their logic became a bit different and more powerful. In my opinion, since we're living in a democratic society that considers everyone's will, we should carefully approach this problem. Since NIMBYs are not merely mercenaries, some really think about the environment as stated in the statistic in the article. Therefore, I assert that development should be carefully considered and proceed.
There are two reasons to support my opinion. NIMBY is one way to protect people's rights, the environment itself became really important.
First, even though the word NIMBY has a strong negative meaning, it eventually protects citizens' right to live in a safe and clean environment.
Nobody in the world wants to live in a nasty and unhygienic environment. But even though, some people, or in this case, somewhere have to sacrifice for the public good. The NIMBY activity lets people who sacrifice be paid for their rightful sacrifice for the public. Therefore, I think the NIMBY itself doesn't have only bad meaning but rather considering prevent the public from violating minorities.
Second, the importance of the environment and the significance of maintaining its purity became bigger and bigger. Many governments, conglomerates, and even small companies and organizations consider the issue. Therefore, the NIMBYs who use environmental issues have the right to do that since it can act as the fence for the break-down of the ecosystem.
Even though there are many people who use that reason for their own mercenary purposes, I believe that there are many people who really think about the environment too.
Consequently, NIMBY used to be known as a negative word but sometimes can be used for good purposes. It can protect citizens' rights and become a barrier to the environmentally friendly life of the people. Therefore, I insist on not thinking of anti-development as NIMBY but a rather protective action for our rights and environment.
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