Tragedy or not

[Hedgehog]

George Bush Jr. was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the
>>classes.
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>>They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
>>meanings.
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>>The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion
>>on
>>the word "tragedy".
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>>So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".
>>
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>>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'".
>>
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>>" No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."
>>
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>>A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children
>>drove
>>over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
>>
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>>"I'm afraid not," explained the President "That's what we would call a
>>great
>> loss."
>>
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>>The room went silent. No other children volunteered. George Bush searched
>>the
>>room.
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>>"Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"
>>
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>>Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a quiet
>>voice he said: "If the aeroplane carrying you and Dick Cheney was struck
>>by a
>>"friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.
>>
>>
>>"Fantastic!" exclaimed George. "That's right. And can you tell me why
>>that
>>would be a tragedy?"
>>
>>
>>"Well," says the boy "It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
>>wouldn't
>>be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be a f*cking accident either
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