Myfriend,
The CC may well be the “exceptional circumstance” I was talking about*. And I’m sure you didn’t mean to insult the Chofetz Chaim by comparing him to me. 🙂
The Wolf
* In fact, when I posted about this on my blog a few months back, I made the following statement:
“I suppose one could make the case for an “honorary” rabbi for someone who is clearly a gadol but has, for whatever reason never received semicha, but I clearly do not fall into that class.”