The only titles I don't have a problem with are ones that are earned, Professor, Doctor, Counselor, etc. Anything that shows a hint of heredity, the idea that the title is not truly conferred but rather is just an affirmation of what was present in the person's blood, as though they had been recently beatified, makes me cringe. It smacks of kings and crowns and other trappings of the glorified warlords who have held the West in their grip since the fall of the Roman Republic and the sweeping away of the incremental reforms that had been occuring. It's to the point that I actively mock all Commonwealth nations for their deference to the crown, any country that cannot muster it's own head(s) of state is sickly thing. The beheading of Charles should have been the final word on the entire matter.
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Date: 2004-08-24 12:06 pm (UTC)