I am pretty tired of this meme (incidentally, often misattributed to Gandhi, but appears to actually come from some guy called Nicholas Klein: * First they igno

I am pretty tired of this meme (incidentally, often misattributed to Gandhi, but appears to actually come from some guy called Nicholas Klein: * First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you. And that, is what is going to happen to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.*" [1]) Anyway, the classic duelling-quotes response: "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." -- Carl Sagan [1] I find it amusing that not only did Mr Klein never did get the monument he wanted, he is now remembered purely for a comment he made which has been popularly reattributed to someone more famous.