Quaker_Parrots
10-07-2004, 02:45 PM
****** DISCLAIMER: Note the person posting this supports neither Bush nor Kerry. This is meant in fun, not as a political attack, or to begin a political discussion ******* Thank you.
John Kerry visits a primary school classroom. They
are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The teacher asks Mr. Kerry if he would like to lead the discussion on the
word "tragedy." So the illustrious Senator asks the class for an example of a tragedy.
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'.
"No," says Kerry, "that would be an accident".
A little girl raises 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," explains Mr. Kerry. "That's what we would call a "great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteered.
Kerry searches 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 raises his hand. In a quiet voice, he says:
"If your campaign plane, carrying you, Mr. Kerry, were struck by a
'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a
'tragedy'."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Kerry. "That's right. And can
you tell me why that would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy,
"because it certainly wouldn't
be a 'great loss' and it probably wouldn't be an 'accident' either."
John Kerry visits a primary school classroom. They
are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The teacher asks Mr. Kerry if he would like to lead the discussion on the
word "tragedy." So the illustrious Senator asks the class for an example of a tragedy.
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'.
"No," says Kerry, "that would be an accident".
A little girl raises 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," explains Mr. Kerry. "That's what we would call a "great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteered.
Kerry searches 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 raises his hand. In a quiet voice, he says:
"If your campaign plane, carrying you, Mr. Kerry, were struck by a
'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a
'tragedy'."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Kerry. "That's right. And can
you tell me why that would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy,
"because it certainly wouldn't
be a 'great loss' and it probably wouldn't be an 'accident' either."