There have been many responses to my initial posting: some positive to my view, some negative, and one or two "on the fence." Regardless of view, I found the reading interesting. I just have one more comment before leaving this thread in the dust. Concerning these titles, be they "sir, maestro, master, chief, Dame, etc.", I don't want to hear or read them, I won't be referring or calling anyone by any title, and I don't take kindly to being called by a title unless it is in jest. No, none of this is alarming (that comment was "tongue in cheek"), just a sad commentary on human behavior. Don Satz [log in to unmask]