A great quote I heard yesterday, via Jackie Danicki (and coming courtesy of a post on her blog):
“We hate two things: We hate change, and we hate the way things are.”
Sounds like a conversation I had yesterday summed up succinctly. Oh, and another one the day before. Oh, and come to think of it, another chat the day before that. And, uh…
That’s foolish. Who is “we?” You describe two different groups of people. I can’t think of one person I know who wants change in this city and also “hates change.”
If you’re talking about the people of Cincinnati as a whole, it’s a meaningless statement. Of course there are some who hate change (this would describe most people in Cincinnati, in my opinion), and those who want change. It’s like this in every city. What’s the point?
I think the quote could also be interpreted as people like to complain, yet they do little to make changes or offer solutions.
As for your assumption that the quote (it wasn’t my quote, as I said, I heard it from a friend who heard it from someone else) about all Cincinnatians, I think you would be jumping to conclusions. I don’t know who they were talking about. My guess it was no one specific.
I try to avoid generalities and personally don’t think everyone in Cincinnati has to do with anything that everyone is doing, trying or saying.
I interpret the quote as saying that many people aren’t happy with the status quo, but they are not going to make an effort to change things. They will just accept things as are figuring that nothing can be done.
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