my social production

Are people really that surprised that Britain has the worse rate of swine flu deaths among previously healthy people? This country is broken! For example, have a look at the filth that’s accumulated in what I believe to be an old water fountain from the 1950s, attached to the rail station just outside my apartment in Camden Town, London. The fountain (or whatever it was) has since gone out of service, but nobody bothered to maintain the basin’s drainage function. When I took this photo it hadn’t rained for at least 4 days, yet the basin is filled to the brim with mucky goo which I can only assume began as rainwater. It surely doesn’t help that the general public treats every outdoor surface in London as a joint toilet / trash can / ash tray. Just think of all the little critters that will spawn from this miniature swamp of gross before it evaporates. The basin is about a foot deep!