Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

I don't doubt the RECIPIENTS would accept the honors.  But the people of

say, Dallas, might object to the honor being called the "Count of
Dallas."  
American culture has historically been anti-monarchist.

Brian B2

"The Irish are the only race of people on Earth for which psychoanalysis
is 
of no use."

				 - S. Freud

>From: WJAL21@aol.com
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>Subject: Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale
>Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:41:36 EST
>
>In a message dated 02/12/01 21:32:37 GMT Standard Time,
>bbilderback@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > Sorry, I should have said, "Nobility", not "nobility" - I was
referring 
>to
> > the possession of titles/peerage, NOT the personal quality (The two 
>seeming
> > to have no direct connection).
> >
> >
>
>Most Nobility currently are "Life Peers". The title is not passed on to
>descendants.
>Also they are generally awarded to People making an outstanding 
>contribution
>to the country. Senior military officers, Chief Constables, civil
servants,
>retired politicians, and very successful businessmen. Of course there
also
>those who get an award for sucking up to the right person, i.e. the
Prime
>Minister.
>They are really a pat on the back for a job well done.
>As for Americans accepting them I don't think there is much doubt they 
>would.
>t's not as if they are any more modest about their achievements than
the
>English. There are a couple of Americans given a title every now and
again, 
>I
>think normally a Knighthood. General Stormin Norman (sorry can't spell
his
>surname) got one after the Gulf war.
>Just my opinion
>
>John Law

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