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...

Comments

[cashew.insanejournal.com]

If "Jaffa" is a species name, then it should not, according to English grammar, be capitalized. On the other hand, English grammar is disgustingly filled with exceptions and never had to deal with alien species, so maybe the in-universe explanation is that new rules were developed with dealing with this problem?

If Asgard is national reference, then it makes sense to capitalize.