Soldato
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President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, while visiting a primary school class, found themselves in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word ‘tragedy’. So President Bush asks 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 runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.’
No,’ says President 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,’ explains Vice President Cheney. ‘That’s what we would call a great loss. ’ The room goes silent. No other children volunteered.
VP Cheney searches the room. ‘Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?’
Finally at the back of the room little Johnny raises his hand. In a stern voice he says: ‘If a plane carrying Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy.’
Fantastic!’ exclaim Bush and Cheney, ‘That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?’
‘Well,’ says little Johnny, ‘because it sure as hell wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.
The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word ‘tragedy’. So President Bush asks 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 runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.’
No,’ says President 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,’ explains Vice President Cheney. ‘That’s what we would call a great loss. ’ The room goes silent. No other children volunteered.
VP Cheney searches the room. ‘Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?’
Finally at the back of the room little Johnny raises his hand. In a stern voice he says: ‘If a plane carrying Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy.’
Fantastic!’ exclaim Bush and Cheney, ‘That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?’
‘Well,’ says little Johnny, ‘because it sure as hell wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.
