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   XPost: can.politics, edm.general, ab.politics   
   From: e@t.beef   
      
   "Mr.Smartypants"  wrote in message   
   news:db6be7a6-e81d-4099-8ddd-8138eebeff65@1g2000prg.googlegroups.com...   
   > Prime Minister Stephen Harper was visiting a primary school and he   
   > visited one of the classes.   
   >   
   > They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their   
   > meanings. The teacher asked the PM 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'   
   >   
   > One little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on   
   > a   
   > farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills   
   > him, that would be a tragedy.   
   >   
   > 'No,' said Harper, 'that would be an accident.'   
   >   
   > A little girl 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 Harper. 'That's what we would call great   
   > loss.'   
   >   
   > The room went silent. No other children volunteered.   
   >   
   > Harper searched the room.   
   >   
   > 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?'   
   >   
   > Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand...   
   >   
   > In a quiet voice he said: 'If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Harper   
   > was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that   
   > would be a tragedy.'   
   >   
   >   
   > 'Fantastic!' exclaimed Harper. 'That's right. And can you tell me why   
   > that would be tragedy?'   
   >   
   > 'Well,' says the boy, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly   
   > wouldn't be a great loss . . . and it probably wouldn't be a fucking   
   > accident either'.   
      
   yuk yuk...   
      
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