posted 02-04-2002 01:13 PM         

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> >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.
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> >"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."
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> >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 **** out of him."