On 2015-08-03 5:25 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:23:56 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> I am beginning to wonder. Knighthood used to be conferred on men for
>> their acts of bravery and loyalty. Nowadays..... Elton John. Is his
>> spouse Lady John?
>
> LOL. I had never considered that question, good point 
>
Don't take it as an homophobic rant but...... standards have certainly
changed. There was a time when rank and privilege were earned by service
to the king, and later to the elected government, not to the people who
earned millions or billions by gouging the rest of us.