amo0or
14-07-03, 01:37 AM
President Bush is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if
anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend who lives next door
was playing in the street when a car came along and killed him, that would
be a tragedy."
"No," Bush says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a
cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Bush. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer.
"What?" asks Bush, "Isn't there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If
an airplane carrying the Bush Family were blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful!" Bush beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me, WHY that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy,"because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly
would not be a great loss!"
anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend who lives next door
was playing in the street when a car came along and killed him, that would
be a tragedy."
"No," Bush says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a
cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Bush. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer.
"What?" asks Bush, "Isn't there any one here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If
an airplane carrying the Bush Family were blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful!" Bush beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me, WHY that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy,"because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly
would not be a great loss!"