This is where the logic leads…

How perfectly satiric Diogenes always is in illustrating a point. I usually say ‘carry an argument through to its logical conclusion’ and see if it holds up. Over at CWNews.com, Diogenes makes an art of that.

One of his latest lampoons is the Womenpriests thing. Here’s a sample:

A Boston-area innkeeper has declared her intention to be ordained a Catholic priest today in a privately arranged service conducted by apostate women. She is unembarrassed by the act of claiming for herself the authority that the Church invests in the Sacrament of Holy Orders, while denying the Church’s authority to teach what is and is not valid matter for the same Sacrament.  

Outstanding.

Your Uncle Diogenes, coincidentally, begs to announce that he will shortly accede to the title of the Duke of Devonshire. It’s true, I confess, that neither my father nor any other male antecedent ever held the title, but it’s always been my deeply held personal belief that real nobility has less to do with parentage than with attitude.

I fully expect the House of Lords to throw me out on my ear when I attempt to take my seat among other members of the peerage. There will be a sadness, but I refuse to recognize their authority to tell me who I am.

Point made, Uncle Di.