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> From: Michael Dillon <[email protected]> > Sure it has. But a lot of professionals have the attitude that details > need to be hashed out discreetly in private so that a polished, > professional front can be shown in public. Naw, that's called "going behind your back", "back-stabbing", "beating around the bush", "behind closed doors", "smoke-filled rooms", and other derogatory statements. That's for politicians and management. Not professionals. polished != professional > I'm not saying that the > desires of the public have changed, but that the attitudes of > professionals have changed and are continuing to change. > Actually, I just think that more politicians and white-collar workers are calling themselves "professionals", which used to be reserved for doctors, engineers, professors (note the root), scientists, etc. Now, we have "sanitary waste-management engineers" (which has no educational requirement).... If the distinction escapes you, remember that traditionally a lawyer is an apprenticed tradesman, a judge is a professional. Every time I see some dingbat lawyer that adds "Esquire" after their name, I ask "Who is your knight? What liege have you sworn fealty?" [email protected] Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
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