LITTLE JOHN THE STUDENT VS. OBAMA

President Obama 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 President
if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'.
So our illustrious Democratic President 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 Obama, 'that would be an accident.'
A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus
carrying 50 children drove a over a cliff, killing
everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.'
I'm afraid not,' explained Obama. 'That's what we would
call a great loss.'
The room went silent.. No other children volunteered. Obama
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. Obama was struck by a
'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that
would be a tragedy.'
'Fantastic!' exclaimed Obama. '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.

Sorry I can't cite the source. I got this in an email. Don't know who wrote it.