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> Subject: (no subject)
> Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 5:11 PM
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> >President Bill Clinton was visiting an elementary school, when he =
> >visited a class in the middle of a discussion
> >related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked the President if
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> >he would like to lead the class
> >in the discussion of the word, "Tragedy." So our illustrious leader
asks =
> >the class for an example of a tragedy"
> >
> >One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives next
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> >door, was playing in the street and a car came along and ran over him,
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> >that would be a tragedy."
> >
> >"No," says Clinton, "that would be an accident."
> >
> >A little girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying 50 children =
> >drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."
> >
> >
> >"I'm afraid not," explains Mr. President. "That what we would call
GREAT =
> >LOSS."
> >
> >The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. President Clinton =
> >searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example
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> >of a tragedy?"
> >
> >Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand. In a
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> >quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. & Mrs. Clinton,
was =
> >struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, that would be a =
> >tragedy.
> >
> >
> >"Fantastic," exclaims Clinton, "that's right. And can you tell me WHY =
> >that would be a tragedy?"
> >
> >
> >"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it =
> >certainly would be no great loss."
> >
> >
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