[DiogenesLamp]

All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Very good point. I've heard the same principle expressed by Gandhi.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

[MamaTexan]

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Great minds tend to have similar thoughts.

Yet no matter how many times its been said 'Those who forget History are doomed to repeat it', we do it anyway.

The arrogance of human nature, I guess.