DEFINITION OF TRAGEDY

President George W. Bush visited
an elementary school and he went
into one
of the classes.
They were in the middle of a
discussion relating to words and their
meaning.

The teacher asked the President if he would like to
lead the class in the
discussion of 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 next
door, is playing in the street and a car comes along
and runs him over,
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
off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be
a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explained the President. "That's
what we would call a
GREAT LOSS."

The room fell silent. No other child volunteered.
President Bush searched
the room.
"Isn't there someone here who can give me an example
of a tragedy?"

Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy
raised his hand. In a
quiet voice he said, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. &
Mrs. Bush, were
struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, by a
terrorist like
Osama
bin Laden, that would be a tragedy."

"Fantastic," exclaimed Bush, "that's right, 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
wouldn't be a great loss."


  by vck @ 21:01