THE WORN AWAY GREAT BOAT

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                                                          Green Yatra         

The Great Boat, it’s the Earth. It is the Common Good, the material and cultural basic goods. In other words, they are the goods which allow men and women of the planet to have everywhere the same chances. Those goods are: the Earth, the air, the water, the dignity, the respect, justice, freedom, education, health, housing, work, security, peace and beauty.  

But the Great Boat is being worn away from all sides. By whom? By those who have axes, saws, hammers, nail. They are well known. They are in governments and in all the sectors of society. I may be one of them. With the planks that we are chopping out of the Great Boat, we are throwing together yachts or launches. And then we bugger off!  

Sin is obsolete, for sure, but let us have a good look at the picture above. If that obsolete thing exists, that’s its face. 
                                                                                      Eloy

Translated from the French by J. Bourdages


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