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From another thread:
John Kerry visits a school classroom. They are in the middle
of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The
teacher asks Mr. Kerry if he would like to lead the
discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious Senator
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 tractor runs
him over and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'."
"No," says Kerry, "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 Mr. Kerry. "That's what we would
call a 'great loss'."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteered. Kerry
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 your
campaign plane, carrying you, Mr. Kerry, were struck by a
'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would
be a 'tragedy'."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Kerry. "That's right. And can you tell
me why that would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it certainly wouldn't be a
'great loss' and it probably wouldn't be an 'accident'
either."