On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:28:55 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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

I didn't...

>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.

I know what you mean.
The Nobel peace Prize has gone the same way.