A Tragedy

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 that, "If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street
and 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 and 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!"