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----- Original Message ----- From: Peter M. Kelly Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:21 PM To: Feder1, Todd; CharlesJeremiah Subject: Fw: David's Valentine < <<< <Where is the Love? < <<< < < <<< <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." < <<< < << < << < < < < <
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