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Tragedee
This pretty much tells it like it is.................
"tradgedee!!!"
Jesse Jackson, while visiting a primary school class, found
himself in the middle of a discussion related to words and
their meanings.
The teacher asks the Rev. Jackson if he would like to lead
the discussion on the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader
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 the Great Jesse Jackson, "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 the exalted spiritual leader.
"That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.
Rev. Jackson 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 a plane carrying the Rev.
Jackson were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be
a tragedy."
Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson , "That's right. And can you
tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a
great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either.
"tradgedee!!!"
Jesse Jackson, while visiting a primary school class, found
himself in the middle of a discussion related to words and
their meanings.
The teacher asks the Rev. Jackson if he would like to lead
the discussion on the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader
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 the Great Jesse Jackson, "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 the exalted spiritual leader.
"That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.
Rev. Jackson 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 a plane carrying the Rev.
Jackson were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be
a tragedy."
Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson , "That's right. And can you
tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a
great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either.
