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I never said that. I said every other jackass had a useless Ph.D. Tom Send a noteboard - 06/02/2013 10:59:34 PM
Ph.D.s are becoming ubiquitous, and a great many of them are entirely useless. As a result, calling every jerkoff with a Ph.D. in "Comparative Latin American Studies", for example, "Dr.", would be absurd.

I also pointed out that we no longer live in the Middle Ages, and the title "doctor" is now meant to distinguish someone in the medical profession. "Professor" is just fine for those with Ph.D.s who are engaged in academics. Those who aren't can be Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. like everyone else.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Re: Proper forms of address (US President) Gher - 05/02/2013 07:14:03 PM 857 Views
Woodrow Wilson had a Ph.D. and Garfield was a minister Isaac - 05/02/2013 08:20:50 PM 769 Views
Dr. is the appropriate title for an M.D. only. Every other jackass these days has a useless Ph.D. Tom - 06/02/2013 03:55:46 PM 639 Views
i've heard PhD's referred to as "doctor, but not the kind who helps people" moondog - 06/02/2013 05:43:56 PM 649 Views
I think it's excessive Tom - 06/02/2013 06:57:10 PM 612 Views
Re: I think it's excessive Stephen - 08/02/2013 03:41:06 PM 617 Views
Every other doctorate but medicine is useless? Isaac - 06/02/2013 10:20:40 PM 589 Views
I never said that. I said every other jackass had a useless Ph.D. Tom - 06/02/2013 10:59:34 PM 628 Views
You're phrasing is rather ambigous then Isaac - 07/02/2013 12:26:46 AM 601 Views
"Your" and "ambiguous". Tom - 07/02/2013 03:39:01 AM 610 Views
You're being petty and you're avoiding the topic *NM* Isaac - 07/02/2013 05:03:27 AM 360 Views
I don't see how his phrasing is ambiguous. Legolas - 07/02/2013 09:07:45 AM 691 Views
I am disinclined to give him the benefit of the doubt when he's seems to be picking an argument Isaac - 07/02/2013 11:46:02 AM 1099 Views
Ford had a J.D.?! Joel - 08/02/2013 07:10:59 PM 650 Views
When it happens, language will have "progressed" so far... jh - 06/02/2013 06:24:00 AM 647 Views
President trumps other honorifics- for a man, it's always "Mr. President" beetnemesis - 06/02/2013 02:58:27 PM 639 Views
Thank you everyone for the input imlad - 12/02/2013 08:51:05 PM 710 Views
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