Little David came home from first grade and told his
father that his class had learned about the history
of Valentine's Day. "Since Valentine's Day is for a
Christian saint and we're Jewish," he asked, "Will
God get mad at me for sending someone a valentine?"
David's father thought a bit, and then said, "No, I
don't think God will get mad. Who do you want to
send a valentine to?"
David answered, "Osama Bin Laden."
"Why Osama Bin Laden?" his father asked in shock.
"Well," David said, "I thought that if a little
American Jewish boy could have enough love to give
Osama Bin Laden a valentine, then he might start to
think that maybe we're not all bad, and maybe he
would start to love people a little bit. And, if
other kids saw what I did and sent valentines to
Osama, then he might 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."
David's father's heart swelled and he looked at his
boy with newfound pride as he exclaimed, "David,
that's the most wonderful thing I've ever heard!"
"I know," David said, "and once that gets him out in
the open, the Marines could blow the shit out of
him!"
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