[Dodger]

You guys are right, I spoke to my tirak a few weeks ago about this sort of thing and her explanation was similar to LL, anyone can become a monk. Her definition was there was a few good and proper monks, a lot of not so good monks, these guys were just being monks because it entailed very little work and gifts and money from locals and then there was the very bad monkds, that did all the above but also fought locals, raped etc all in their nice orange jim jams.

I also do not think any person in any position should demand immediate respect, but respect must always be earned.