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If you give a man a fish, He will feed his family for a day, But if you teach him how to fish He will feed his family until the day The fish have all been spirited away By the massive fleets he can see On the horizon of his country's sea, And now his family's nutritional need That up to now he could feed Has been overridden by corporate greed. Then the nations whose fishing fleets Take away the fish he eats All become very irate When he's forced to be a pirate. Tom Higgins 23/05/2014
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May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 4:57 AM UTC
There's Something Fishy Going On.
If you give a man a fish, He will feed his family for a day, But if you teach him how to fish He will feed his family until the day The fish have all been spirited away By the massive fleets he can see On the horizon of his country's sea, And now his family's nutritional need That up to now he could feed Has been overridden by corporate greed. Then the nations whose fishing fleets Take away the fish he eats All become very irate When he's forced to be a pirate. Tom Higgins 23/05/2014
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May 27, 2014 at 4:57 AM UTC
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