Quote Analysis

“We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyones arguing over where they're going to sit.” - David Suzuki

This quote describes our environmental well-being and our attitudes towards it. The "giant car" is a metaphor for Earth, with the "brick wall" representing our eventual, inevitable demise. We take advantage of our planet and we will use and use and use it's resources until they're all used up, until we hit that brick wall. Suzuki is saying that we are headed for ruin, but the only thing people are concerned about is "where they're going to sit" - instead of having concern for the environment and how we could remedy the situation people are more concerned with how it will individually affect them, they are being selfish and miss the bigger picture.

In terms of where to sit, no one wants to be in the drivers seat, no one wants to take the blame for hitting the brick wall. What about the passenger seat? No, that's just as bad, no one wants a front row view of the end; plus aren't you just as culpable as the driver? I mean, the passenger is the universal navigator, they are the ones holding the map and telling the driver where to go. How about the back seat? But which side? It is proven that the middle-back seat is the safest, but would you really want to survive the "crash" after everything else is gone? I think it's best to just turn the car around... or is that not an option?