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Status Quo

Who is this Quo? What of it? How is it relevant to me? Journalists and politicians often are seen bandying this phrase to sound erudite. 'We need to change the status quo' is the oft repeated line. To what I ask? What is the opposite of Quo? There needs to be a statute of limitations on the use of 'Status Quo'. You see 'Status Quo' is like a statue and if we need to change it we need to define what 'Quo' should be. Hence the statute. A quote Doris Day sang in the last century was 'Que Sera Sera' loosely translated to 'what will be will be'. Perhaps that is the answer to the question of 'Where do we go from Status Quo?' It is also a reflection of the poor intellectual quotient of humans in general when they resort to statuses and cliches simply to fill the space with something. If things are indeed in 'Status Quo' what is the point of stating the obvious? Nothing happens to the 'Quo' so why quote it?

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  1. RajendraJanuary 19, 2013 at 4:12 AM

    Is it quotidian (what is that?) to be at a status quo? Can we invent a game called Quo Quo on the lines of kho, kho if we get bored with the so-called status? Is it a status symbol to keep out of this particular status? Many Qs and few As.

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  2. Diamond HeadJanuary 20, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    I think we have a Quorum of two to answer the Qs.

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