President Zardari is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy."
One little boy stands up and offers that, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy."
"No, " Zardari says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside...that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Zardari. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer.
"What? " asks Zardari, "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Zardari and Gillani was blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy."
One little boy stands up and offers that, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy."
"No, " Zardari says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside...that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Zardari. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer.
"What? " asks Zardari, "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Zardari and Gillani was blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful !" Zardari beams. "Marvellous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!"
"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!"