Little Joshua comes home from first grade and tells his father
that they learned about the history of Valentines Day.
"Since Valentines Day is for a christian saint and we're Jewish,"
he asks, "will God get mad at me for giving someone a
valentine"?
Joshua'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," Joshua says.
"Why Osama Bin Laden," his father asks in shock.
"Well," Joshua 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 send
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. "Joshua, thats the most wonderful thing i've ever
heard."
"I know," Joshua says, "and once that gets him out in the open, the
Marines could blow the shi t out of him."
