more grammar questions

[tanithryudo]

There was a meeting between the President and the Joint Chiefs. - Should "President" as in "of the U.S." be capitalized?

"Now calm down there, son," said the general. - Should "son" be capitalized if it's one of those figures of speech and not actually the speaker's son? What about if the addressee is the speaker's son?

All of the victims were human, not Jaffa or Asgard. - Should "human" be capitalized? It's weird because you would expect other alien species/race references to get capitalized...

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[cashew.insanejournal.com]

Not capitalizing earth actually makes sense in a way, since all the other planet names originated as names of deities. Hence why "Gaia" would be capitalized when referring to earth, but "earth" itself is not (unless the previously mentioned exception is in play).