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Once George Bush Jr. visited an elementary school to talk to a group of 3rd graders. He said to them, 'Today we are going to discuss the difference between a tragedy, a great loss and an accident'.
Then he said, 'Can anyone give me an example of a tragedy?'
A little boy raises his hand and says, 'If a kid runs out in the street after a ball and gets hit by a car.'
Bush says, 'No, that would be an accident. Can anyone else try?'
A little girl raises her hand and says, 'If a busload of kids drove off a cliff.'
Bush says, 'No, that would be a great loss. Come on, anyone else?'
A boy raises his hand and says and says, 'If you and Mrs. Bush was on a plane and it blew up.'
Then Bush says, 'Well, Yes, but can you tell me why it would be considered a tragedy?'
And the little boy says, 'Well, it wouldn't have been an accident, and it sure as heck wouldn't have been a great loss. |
