Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if
 anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy".
 
 One little boy stands up and offers "If my best friend who lives next
 door was playing in the street when a car came along and killed
 him, that would be a tragedy."
 
 "No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
 
 A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove
 off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that would be a tragedy."
 
 "I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a GREAT
 LOSS."
 
 The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer.
 
 "What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't  there any one here who can give me an
 example of a tragedy?"
 
 Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says:
 "If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by a bomb,
 THAT would be a tragedy."
 
 "Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! 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.
 
 From: Ray

Wil Stark, wstark04 (at) pobox _dot_com

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