Jesse Jackson is visiting a primary school and he visits one of the
>classes.
>They are 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 stands up and offers: "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 raises 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 jet carrying the Rev. &Mrs 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 tragedy?"
>
>"Well," says the boy, "because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and
>it probably wouldn't be an accident either."
>classes.
>They are 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 stands up and offers: "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 raises 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 jet carrying the Rev. &Mrs 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 tragedy?"
>
>"Well," says the boy, "because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and
>it probably wouldn't be an accident either."
