{"id":1160,"date":"2011-04-16T23:40:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T23:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2014-11-16T23:42:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T23:42:28","slug":"we-know-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-know-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"We Know Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
“truth flitters across the screen
\nwe know practically nothing”<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n
– San Vincenzo “Vinci, Later” Morten Sondergaard<\/strong><\/h6>\n

What we think is truth we see
\nAnd comment on on TV
\nOr in the papers, or on the net
\nWe are informed, knowledgeable, yet
\nWe know nothing – it is but a version
\nAn impartial assertion
\nOf what one party says is the facts
\nAbout the worlds latest’s Iraq’s
\nAfghanistan’s and Libya’s
\nSouth Africa’s and Namibia’s
\nOther media’s say the same
\nBut from the viewpoint from which came
\nThe reporters, for all a message give
\nIt is the nature of man who does live
\nAccording to his values and ambitions
\nHatred’s and superstitions
\nAnd we watching, reading, listing to everything
\nOf the real truth… know practically nothing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“truth flitters across the screen we know practically nothing” – San Vincenzo “Vinci, Later” Morten Sondergaard What we think is truth we see And comment on on TV Or in the papers, or on the net We are informed, knowledgeable, yet We know nothing – it is but a version …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,1304,130],"tags":[65,1165,1305,61,990,1306],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations-from-quotations","category-media-2","category-politics","tag-life-2","tag-media","tag-morten-sondergaard","tag-news","tag-quote","tag-vinci-later","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-iI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1159,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/nordic-poetry-readings-at-the-irish-writers-centre\/","url_meta":{"origin":1160,"position":0},"title":"Nordic Poetry Readings at the Irish Writers Centre","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th April 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For once, went to an event where I shut up and just listened. 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