Harold Pinter, Donald Rumsfeld, The Known, and The Unknown
Recently I was reading in
Zen to
Go, a compilation of Zen
thoughts by Jon Winokur, and found the following
entry:
"Apart from the known and unknown, what else is there?" That was written by Harold Pinter, a poet, playwright and political activist in Great Britain. I really like the question which he poses and have come up with my answer. I replied, "Nothing." My wife, Diana, replied, "The moment." Perhaps both of our answers are acceptable from an Eastern point of view, or perhaps they are not quite where Pinter is intending for us to go. But greater than the answer(s), I believe is the question!
I was sharing Pinter's thought with our son, Parrish, and he suggested that I delve into the very deep "poetry" of D. H. Rumsfeld. A wonderful site exists at The Poetry of D. H. Rumsfeld. Words simply cannot express the depth of Mr. Rumsfeld's intellect. It is frightening to know that a man with such power in influencing world events is in possession of such an intellectual capacity. I include one of his more famous pieces of poetry. Visit the site if you dare grasp more of his mental ramblings.
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
- Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing
"Apart from the known and unknown, what else is there?" That was written by Harold Pinter, a poet, playwright and political activist in Great Britain. I really like the question which he poses and have come up with my answer. I replied, "Nothing." My wife, Diana, replied, "The moment." Perhaps both of our answers are acceptable from an Eastern point of view, or perhaps they are not quite where Pinter is intending for us to go. But greater than the answer(s), I believe is the question!
I was sharing Pinter's thought with our son, Parrish, and he suggested that I delve into the very deep "poetry" of D. H. Rumsfeld. A wonderful site exists at The Poetry of D. H. Rumsfeld. Words simply cannot express the depth of Mr. Rumsfeld's intellect. It is frightening to know that a man with such power in influencing world events is in possession of such an intellectual capacity. I include one of his more famous pieces of poetry. Visit the site if you dare grasp more of his mental ramblings.
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
- Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing
Posted: Thu - September 23, 2004 at 06:47 PM
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