DKW 86 7,431 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Tragedy The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, while visiting a primary school class, found themselves in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious Rev. Jackson 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 runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy." No," said the Great Jesse Jackson, "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 exalted Reverend Al. "That's what we would call a great loss." The room was silent. No other children volunteered. Reverend Al 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 stern voice he said: "If a plane carrying the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy." “Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson and Sharpton. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?" "Well," said little Johnny, "because it sure wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either.†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCTAU 3,334 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 That was racist....You joked about blowing up the black man. You should be ashamed. I just wanted to be the first to poo-poo your joke. Took a while between all the laughing, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojack34 2 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Tragedy The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, while visiting a primary school class, found themselves in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious Rev. Jackson 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 runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy." No," said the Great Jesse Jackson, "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 exalted Reverend Al. "That's what we would call a great loss." The room was silent. No other children volunteered. Reverend Al 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 stern voice he said: "If a plane carrying the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy." “Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson and Sharpton. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?" "Well," said little Johnny, "because it sure wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either.†LOL! I can already see them planning a march to protest this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,431 Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 A few of the black folks I know think the same way. Sharpton and Jackson are not spokesmen for the whole black community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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