Little Johnny Tragedy

Barack 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 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 him over 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 off a cliff, killing everyone, that would be
> a tragedy."
>
> "I'm afraid not," explained Obama. "That's what we would call great
> loss."
> The room went silent. No other child 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
> Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn't be a
> great loss ...... and you can bet your black
> ass it wouldn't be an accident either."