> Little Melissa comes
> home from 1st grade and tells her father
that they learned
> about the
> history of Valentine's
Day.
>
> "Since Valentine's Day is for a
> Christian
saint, and we're Jewish," she asks,
> "will God get mad at me
> for
giving someone a valentine?"
>
> Melissa's father thinks a
> bit, then says: "No, I don't think God would get
> mad. Whom do
you want
> to give a Valentine to?"
>
>
>
"Osama Bin Laden," she
> says.
>
> "Why Osama Bin Laden?"
her father asks in
> shock.
>
> "Well," she says, "I
thought that if a
> little
> American Jewish girl 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."
>
> Her father's heart
swells, and
> he looks at his daughter with new found pride.
>
"Melissa, that's the most
> wonderful thing I've ever
heard."
>
> "I know,"Melissa says,
> "and once that
gets him out in the open, the Marines
> could shoot the
>
fucker."
> home from 1st grade and tells her father
that they learned
> about the
> history of Valentine's
Day.
>
> "Since Valentine's Day is for a
> Christian
saint, and we're Jewish," she asks,
> "will God get mad at me
> for
giving someone a valentine?"
>
> Melissa's father thinks a
> bit, then says: "No, I don't think God would get
> mad. Whom do
you want
> to give a Valentine to?"
>
>
>
"Osama Bin Laden," she
> says.
>
> "Why Osama Bin Laden?"
her father asks in
> shock.
>
> "Well," she says, "I
thought that if a
> little
> American Jewish girl 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."
>
> Her father's heart
swells, and
> he looks at his daughter with new found pride.
>
"Melissa, that's the most
> wonderful thing I've ever
heard."
>
> "I know,"Melissa says,
> "and once that
gets him out in the open, the Marines
> could shoot the
>
fucker."
