tragedy

Presidential candidate, Barack Obama went to a primary school and visited one of the classes while he was there. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked the presidential candidate if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.'

So our illustrious democrat presidential candidate asked 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 tractor runs over him and kills him that would be a tragedy!"

"No", said Obama, "that would be what we call an accident"

Then 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" explained Obama. "That's what we would call a great loss"

The room went silent and No other children volunteered. Obama searched the room and asked, "Isn't there anyone else who would like to give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally, at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand and in a quiet voice he said:

"If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a friendly fire missile and was blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy"

"Fantastic!" exclaimed Obama. "That's absolutely right. Now, can you tell me why that would be considered a tragedy?"

"Well," said Little Johnny, while scratching his head, "I figure it would have to be a "TRAGEDY", 'cause it certainly wouldn't be no GREAT LOSS and more than likely it wouldn't be no ACCIDENT either!"

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