Titles

[Chris Walden]

> From:          "Pug" <pug at arlut.utexas.edu>
> Yes, but knowing someone is a Laurel means more than calling them
> Master/Mistress, IMO. The honorific is more of a form of personal
> glorification.

You seem to assume, P.U.G., that the title does nothing but give warm 
fuzzies to the people who hold them.  I wonder if formality could 
have a positive effect on the people who see and hear it and on the Society 
as a whole.

Antonio