Tony Blair visits a school
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>>>> ----->Prime Minister Blair 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 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".
>>>>>
>>>>> One little boy stood up and 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 fifty
>>>>> 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. Tony searched
>>>>> the
>>>>> room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of
>>>>> tragedy?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a
>>>>> quiet
>>>>> voice he said: "If the Air plane carrying you and Mrs Blair was
>>>>> struck
>>>>> by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a
>>>>> tragedy.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Fantastic!" exclaimed Tony 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 and it probably wouldn't be a fucking
>>>>> accident
>>>>> either!"