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Prime Minister Tony Blair was visiting a primary school & he visited 1 of

>the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words &

>their meanings .

>

>The teacher asked the Prime Minister 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".

>

>1 little boy stood up & offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm,

>is

>playing in the field & a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be

>a "tragedy."

>No," said Blair "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 the Prime Minister "that's what we would call

>great loss."

>The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Blair searched 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 raised his hand...

>In a quiet voice he said: "If the Royal Flight carrying you & Mrs. Blair

>was

>struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a

>tragedy."

>"Fantastic!" exclaimed Blair . "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 & it probably wouldn't be a f # cking accident either!"

>

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