Comments on: Sigh … http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2004/10/15/sigh/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:13:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janet http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2004/10/15/sigh/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Janet Sun, 17 Oct 2004 04:15:31 +0000 http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2004/10/15/sigh/#comment-147 The surprising fact is that these people - the ones who try and bully others to their viewpoint by threatening to leave - never seem to learn from historical precedent. Like Cnut and the tides they will fail. But they will fail looking like dinosaurs if they are lucky, simple fools if not. (But yes, life would be easier if they went sooner rather than later.) " All truth passes through 3 stages: First, it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Schopenhauer. The surprising fact is that these people – the ones who try and bully others to their viewpoint by threatening to leave – never seem to learn from historical precedent. Like Cnut and the tides they will fail. But they will fail looking like dinosaurs if they are lucky, simple fools if not. (But yes, life would be easier if they went sooner rather than later.)

” All truth passes through 3 stages:
First, it is ridiculed
Second, it is violently opposed
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Schopenhauer.

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