Pauline Hanson is visiting a school. In one class, she asks the
students if anyone can give her an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers that "If my best friend who
lives next door was playing in the street when a car came along
and killed him, that would be a tragedy."
"No," Hanson says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty
children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that
would be a tragedy." "I'm afraid not," explains Hanson. "That is what
we would call a GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer. "What?"
asks Hanson, "Isn't there any one 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 air plane carrying Pauline Hanson and the One
Nation Party were blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful!" Hanson 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.
