One would have imagined there was, in most civilized countries, a law preventing people from self-awarding themselves distinctions to which they're not academically entitled.
Apparently not.
I instance one Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, who markets himself professionally as Dr. Luke and seems intent on becoming as unpopular as Martin Shkreli.
Then there's Dr. Dre who may, on account of now being rich beyond the dreams of avarice, have been awarded an honorary doctorate but certainly didn't have a Ph.D. when he started using the title.
I disapprove.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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I take it he's fictional and was found poisoned in the library?
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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spot;1493205 wrote: One would have imagined there was, in most civilized countries, a law preventing people from self-awarding themselves distinctions to which they're not academically entitled.
Apparently not.
I instance one Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, who markets himself professionally as Dr. Luke and seems intent on becoming as unpopular as Martin Shkreli.
Then there's Dr. Dre who may, on account of now being rich beyond the dreams of avarice, have been awarded an honorary doctorate but certainly didn't have a Ph.D. when he started using the title.
I disapprove.
Did they not force Dr. Collis Brown to drop the Dr. because he was not entitled to use it?
ISTR that they made him remove the morphine from his stomach medicament too.
Apparently not.
I instance one Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, who markets himself professionally as Dr. Luke and seems intent on becoming as unpopular as Martin Shkreli.
Then there's Dr. Dre who may, on account of now being rich beyond the dreams of avarice, have been awarded an honorary doctorate but certainly didn't have a Ph.D. when he started using the title.
I disapprove.
Did they not force Dr. Collis Brown to drop the Dr. because he was not entitled to use it?
ISTR that they made him remove the morphine from his stomach medicament too.