Posted on 06/23/2009 5:22:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
Heh!!
I was always taught that addressing a woman as Ma’am was a sign of utmost respect. It is levels beyond ignorance that Pelosi would take it any other way.
What an utter douchebag.
.......I was always taught that addressing a woman as Maam was a sign of utmost respect......
A lady is addressed as Mam.
A bitch is a bitch is a bitch
That’s no lady, that’s my Senator (groan).
This thing “worked so hard” to become a Senator, what does she think the Brigadier General did?
The correct term of address for Ms. Boxer is "National Embarrassment". Although, I did think it was just a matter of decorum for him not to refer to her in such a manner.
Assuming he’s a taxpayer, he should have called her ‘employee’. I just call her Boxerocks.
In the mind of a “feminist”,
recognition of her gender is an insult.
Had that been me? I'd have ignored her and continued using “Ma'am” - or made it a POINT to specifically address all the men in the room as “Sir” and her as - nothing - ...no “Senator”, “Ma'am”, “Miss” - no appellation whatsoever.
Really, really tired of their stupid little power games... You don't talk down to a warrior who's spent most of his adult life DEFENDING the values which she sh*ts on every day of her useless existence.
A fine testament to the General, his patience, and his professionalism. He is a true credit to the professional Officer corps of this country. He's a better man than I am for dealing with that snotty commie witch so gracefully...
LOL! What an idiot.
The General was certainly more patient than I would have been.
Hope all is well and good....with you and yours!
A mannerless, filthy hog, wallowing in the mud can demand that people call it “Ruler of The Barnyard”. But it’s still just a hog. :-)
You've lost me there. I didn't get the "reasoning."
No you are not assuming that he is a tax payer. You are assuming the military doesn't pay any taxes
Just asking, because ego runs rampant.
Servants used the terms “sir” and “m’am”. She believed that here grandchildren would **have** servants and would never be a servant.
She was born into an extremely wealthy family, and her father was friends to the king.
So....Even now we do not call people “sir” or “m’am”, and we would prefer that others not use “sir” or “m’am” to address us ( except in the military). I realize that in the United States that “sir” and “m’am” are merely a form of politeness, but to my granny it evoked memories of rigid class-ism.
I believe that my great grandparents ( even though wealthy) came to the U.S. with their family to escape suffocating class ism of late 19th century England.
Dear sir or madam,
the way I was raised...
and the way I have raised my children...
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I was taught to address ALL males as sir and ALL females as ma’am.
This applies to:
my mother, my father, my aunts, and uncles...
my wife, my daughter, and my granddaughter...
my sons and my grandson...
my boss, and my subordinates...
my friends, my acquaintances, shopkeepers, and strangers...
teachers, judges, doctors, police officers...
senators, representatives, and governors...
whites, blacks, reds, and yellows...
preachers, priests, rabbis, and reverends...
old, young, and in between...
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Those titles then become a great equalizer of any class distinction.
One time a boss man told me,
“You really don’t have to call me sir.”
I replied,
“I know I don’t ‘have to’, but it is the way I was raised.”
Indeed...the Hog analog is spot on. Goes for most of what passes as Liberal these days.
Just contemptible...utterly so.
He probably had an English granny. :-)
I was taught to address ALL males as sir and ALL females as maam.
As posted in #57:
"I realize that in the United States that sir and mam are merely a form of politeness, but to my granny it evoked memories of rigid class-ism."
I am very respectful of people who do use "sir" and "m'am" because I **know** that it has nothing to do with class ism here in the U.S., and is a form of respect.
We don't teach our children though to use "sir" and "m'am". And....I would probably be like the man above, and would say, "You really don't need to call me 'm'am".
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