I'm going to play devil's advocate with this one. The title is no different to becoming a Doctor after getting a PhD. Here, you become a Sir after getting a kn

I'm going to play devil's advocate with this one. The title is no different to becoming a Doctor after getting a PhD. Here, you become a Sir after getting a knighthood. It could be said that the PhD title is equally dubious as it also automatically commands more respect. The only difference is they both come before the name and not after (as with MBEs, OBEs, academic qualifications like BSc (Hons), etc.) But anyway, isn't that the purpose of a title?