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From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org <TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org>; duane groups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:00:36 -0600
Subject: [TruthTalk] The Rev.
Out of the mouth of babes:
Jesse Jackson is visiting a primary school and
he visits one of the classes.
They are in the middle of a discussion related to
words and their meanings.
The teacher asks the Rev. Jackson if he would
like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy."
So the illustrious leader 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 runaway tractor comes along and knocks him
dead, that would be a tragedy."
"No," says the Great Jesse Jackson,
"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 the exalted spiritual
leader. "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.
Rev. Jackson 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 a jet carrying
the Rev. Jackson were struck by a missile
and blown to smithereens, that would be a
tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson. "That's right! And
can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure
wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't
be an accident either."
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