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Gear101*
03-12-2002, 03:54 PM
>     > >Subject: FW: Valentine's
> > >
> > >
> > > >Little David comes home from first grade and tells his father that
they
> > > >learned about the history of Valentine's Day.  "Since Valentine's day
> is
> > > >for a Christian saint and we're Jewish,"
> > > >he asks, "will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?"
> > > >
> > > >David's father thinks a bit, then says "No, I don't think God would
get
> > > >mad.
> > > >
> > > >Who do you want to give a valentine to?"
> > > >
> > > >"Osama Bin Laden," David says.
> > > >
> > > >"Why Osama Bin Laden," his father asks in shock.
> > > >
> > > >"Well," David says, "I thought that if a little American Jewish boy
> could
> > > >have enough love to give Osama a valentine, he might start to think
> that
> > > >maybe we're not all bad, and maybe start loving people a little bit.
> And
> > > >if other kids saw what I did and sent valentines to Osama, he'd love
> > > >everyone a lot.  And then he'd start going all over the place to tell
> > > >everyone how much he loved them and how he didn't hate anyone
anymore."
> > > >
> > > >His father's heart swells and he looks at his boy with newfound
pride.
> > > >"David, that's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard."
> > > >
> > > >"I know," David says, "and once that gets him out in the open, the
> > >Marines
> > >
> > > >could blow the shit out of him."