[HPFGU-OTChatter] It's Simple, Really--Was Re: Plain English Awards - Rumsfeld Honoured

[Kathryn Cawte]

Iggy
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> And there's stuff out there we're completely unaware of in any manner.
> (I can't give an example here, because then I'd know that I don't know
> it...)
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> Even simpler... Yes?  *grin*
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>

Well taking the September 11th example someone used earlier - before 9/11
(am I the only one who sees that and wonders what happened on the 9th of
November?) we didn't know people were planning to bring down the WTC. Had we
known that there was a massive terrorist plot in existence we would have
known that we didn't know that, but since we didn't even know of the plot we
didn't know that we were unaware of the specifics of it - ugh I'm starting
to *sound* like Rumsfeld.

Better example - I studied Charles II and his CABAL, I now can't remember
their names, but before I studied the subject I didn't even know they
existed. So now I am better informed because I know that I am ignorant
whereas before I was blissfully unaware of the fact :)

K