In one class, George Bush 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 when a car came along and killed him, that would be a tragedy".
"No," Bush 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 Bush, "that is what we would call a great loss."
The room is silent, none of the other children volunteer. "What?" asks Bush, "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 Bush was blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy".
"Wonderful!" Bush beams. "Marvellous! 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 wouldn't be a great loss!"
"No," Bush 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 Bush, "that is what we would call a great loss."
The room is silent, none of the other children volunteer. "What?" asks Bush, "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 Bush was blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy".
"Wonderful!" Bush beams. "Marvellous! 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 wouldn't be a great loss!"
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