President Bush was visiting a primary school. One of the classes was in the
middle of a discussion related to words and their meaning. The teacher asked
the president if he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy."
So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a tragedy.  Little
Jimmy stood up and offered, "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing
in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a
tragedy.  "No", said Bush, "that would be an accident."   Little Suzie raised
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." explained the
president. "That's what we would call a great loss." The room went silent. >
>No other children volunteered. > >Bush searched the room. "Isn't there someone
here who can give me an example of tragedy?" > >Finally at the back of the room
little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One
carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to
smithereens, that would be a tragedy." > >"Fantastic!" exclaimed Bush. "That's
right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?" > >"Well," says little
Johnny, "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss
and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."