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Tragedy
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08-11-2005 12:15pm#1I did a search and this has been posted before but it's nearly 3 years ago so for all that didn't see it before, it's a good'un!!
President Bush was visiting a primary school and he visited one of
the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words
and their meanings. The teacher asked the President if he would like to
lead the discussion on the word "tragedy". So the illustrious leader
asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives
on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills
him, that would be a tragedy." "No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."
A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children
drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explained the president. "That's what we would
call a great loss."
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the
room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally at the back of the room a small boy (Lil Johnny) raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One carrying you and Mrs Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."
Fantastic!" exclaimed Bush. "That's right. And can you tell me why that
would be tragedy?" "Well," says Lil Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an
accident either."0
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