Little David comes home from first grade and tells his father that theylearned about the history of Valentine’s Day. "Since Valentine’s Day is fora Christian saint and we’re Jewish," he asks, "will God get mad at me forgiving 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 couldhave enough love to give Osama a valentine, he might start to think thatmaybe we’re not all bad, and maybe start loving people a little bit. And ifother kids saw what I did and sent valentines to Osama, he’d love everyone alot. And then he’d start going all over the place to tell everyone how muchhe 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 shoot him."