SOULTIGHT

An old proverb has it that teaching fishing is better than handing out fish.


Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, from the diocese of Sao Felix do Araguaia, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, says “yes, that is correct, a very good thought. But suppose someone buys the river that had belonged to all and outlaws fishing? Or suppose toxic waste pollutes the river and poisons the fish? In other words, suppose what happens is what is happening now?”