re: Non M.D.referring to themselves as “doctor”

Let's just get rid of the entire honorific. We waste enough time arguing this monthly on here alone to justify the change.

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And what the frick you think the "doctor" is going to do? fricker isn't MacGyver.

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Did the passenger have the fish?

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And what the frick you think the "doctor" is going to do? fricker isn't MacGyver.

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Well, the "doctor" with medical training is probably a lot more helpful than MacGyver or a PhD.
I watched a "doctor" save a man's life at a restaurant. Took control of a situation and kept him alive until the ambulance got there.

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Ph.D’s are a dime a dozen. Only M.D.’s should be allowed to call themselves “doctor”.

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You may find the following interesting. Highly educated, persons were referred to as doctor while the "medical profession" of the time were still cutting hair and letting blood.

Yes, I have a dog in this fight; I have a doctorate in chemistry and engineering from The University of Alabama (1974). However, the bit about who were the first users of the term doctor, and who are the "Jhonny come lately's" is factual.