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Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar:
Except the word "President" implies he was elected by a majority vote, and it's still more than a little unclear about that. Also, addressing someone by just their last name, especially if you omit a title, is a sign of disrespect. That is why people do it.
Also, thread titles are sort of like headlines, yes? "President Bush" takes up that much more space. Newspapers say "Bush" all the time, just like they said "Clinton"
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But we're not addressing him. Were he in the room, I'm sure we'd call him George, Mr.Bush, Mr.President etc.
Calling him "Bush" as a third party is a perfectly acceptable form of reference. Churchill, Cromwell, Caeser, Einstein, DaVinci, Beethoven et al are hardly shown disrespect by not having a "Mr." in front when spoken of now are they.
