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."
