I treat honors now as tags of who needs rounding up. Anyone who has "sir" as their title is likely a cabalite simp if not an actor in the cabal itself.
When knights were taken as prisoners of war, they were customarily held for ransom in somewhat comfortable surroundings. This same standard of conduct did not apply to non-knights (archers, peasants, foot-soldiers, etc.) who were often slaughtered after capture. (etc etc)
England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and his deputy Professor Jonathan Van-Tam have been given knighthoods, along with the chief medical officers for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, and Scotland, Dr Gregor Smith.
There are also damehoods for Dr Jenny Harries, who leads the UK Health Security Agency, and Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Funny how all those involved in the 'health response' front line just got protected.
It only "protects" you if the king/queen still has power. Also, those protections are very archaic ones, and now the honours list is mostly a "who's who" report of the civil service itself.
They immortalised the honours concept to me with yes minister, when Bernard tells Jim Hacker what some of the various acronyms are referred to by the civil service, and revealed how much hubris the service has had as a result:
CMG - the Companion of the order of St. Michael & St George (aka "Call me God")
KCMG - Knight Commander of the order of St. Michael & St George (aka "Kindly call me God")
GCMG - Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael & St. George (aka "God calls me God")
Civil servants for whatever reason love having these honours, as they are a status symbol within the service itself. They get quite twitchy apparently if their names aren't on the list. The fact that you get medals just for being in high levels of the civil service baffles me.
Personally, as an American expat, I honestly don't see how anyone can expect such an outcome for being a government employee. I also don't see the value in them outside of the service, save making people call you "sir" or "dame", depending on your gender. That will probably be amorphous soon once the first trans recipient of a civil service medal gets one.
Agreed, likely not practically protective, but indicative of better treatment. I wonder what other privileges it grants that I'm missing, there's likely 'benefits' we aren't privy to. Emergency situations- imagine a Monarch in hiding- who would surround/protect her?
As far as honours for serving in civil service offices, I think it's just a vow of silence, they may as well initiate them into Trappist orders.
...and meanwhile in Clown World, Whitty to be knighted.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1541491/Chris-whitty-knighted-queen-new-year-honour-list-unflappable-ont
I treat honors now as tags of who needs rounding up. Anyone who has "sir" as their title is likely a cabalite simp if not an actor in the cabal itself.
Nice to have a handy list. Kind of them to flag criminals.
Also, just posted this elsewhere (which is why I think they've done it):
Sounds like a protection move to me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight
When knights were taken as prisoners of war, they were customarily held for ransom in somewhat comfortable surroundings. This same standard of conduct did not apply to non-knights (archers, peasants, foot-soldiers, etc.) who were often slaughtered after capture. (etc etc)
Knights are afforded better treatment.
Honours include:
https://news.sky.com/story/new-year-honours-list-whitty-and-van-tam-knighted-as-scientists-honoured-for-battle-against-covid-12506926
England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and his deputy Professor Jonathan Van-Tam have been given knighthoods, along with the chief medical officers for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, and Scotland, Dr Gregor Smith.
There are also damehoods for Dr Jenny Harries, who leads the UK Health Security Agency, and Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Funny how all those involved in the 'health response' front line just got protected.
It only "protects" you if the king/queen still has power. Also, those protections are very archaic ones, and now the honours list is mostly a "who's who" report of the civil service itself.
They immortalised the honours concept to me with yes minister, when Bernard tells Jim Hacker what some of the various acronyms are referred to by the civil service, and revealed how much hubris the service has had as a result:
Civil servants for whatever reason love having these honours, as they are a status symbol within the service itself. They get quite twitchy apparently if their names aren't on the list. The fact that you get medals just for being in high levels of the civil service baffles me.
Personally, as an American expat, I honestly don't see how anyone can expect such an outcome for being a government employee. I also don't see the value in them outside of the service, save making people call you "sir" or "dame", depending on your gender. That will probably be amorphous soon once the first trans recipient of a civil service medal gets one.
So, Dir or Same? Or Xir or Xame most likely...
Agreed, likely not practically protective, but indicative of better treatment. I wonder what other privileges it grants that I'm missing, there's likely 'benefits' we aren't privy to. Emergency situations- imagine a Monarch in hiding- who would surround/protect her?
As far as honours for serving in civil service offices, I think it's just a vow of silence, they may as well initiate them into Trappist orders.