> > > Only a fool would trust their safety to one of these lumps of
> > crap formed from
> > > Shenzhen street sweepings.

> >I think that that's excessively unkind.
> >Shenzhen streets seem about as good as any in China - and certainly ...

> You're right, of course. My apologies to the superior street sweepings of
> Shenzhen in general, and Futian district in particular. Maybe the makings
> come from dredging slop buckets..
> http://alexquinn.org/japan/photos/medium/2005-03-27-171600--DSCN2009.JPG

I could respond with photos of "maybe it was flowing" prettily
coloured water (really) which was obviously deemed potable by some of
the various people using it simultaneously for various things (washing
clothes, washing food, fishing ...) but perhaps best not. And that
with grid electricity, sealed roads & I/C engined vehicles, 'western
standard' (albeit differently constructed) housing immediately
adjacent. Very sobering. Interestingly, desire for night-time light
often seems to rank above desire for improved quality water.


            Russell
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