Altar girls and sentimental music don't tempt me. I could look at them every week and I'd feel the same way in 5 years. But I've seen countless Trads fall prey to sectarianism -- cutting themselves off from valid Masses and practicing Catholics, in the name of their own opinions.
So...are you saying people should attend the Novus Ordo if a traditional Mass is not available? Given your comment above, it seems you are saying that the Novus Ordo is unquestionably valid.
No.
But I'm saying that "Novus Ordo elements" are not the thing
WE have to be vigilant about.
For example, Bowler (when he posted here) was very much against the Dialogue Mass, because it reminded him of the Novus Ordo's lay participation.
I'll admit -- perhaps on a different forum, with more Indult/"Extraordinary Form" Catholics, the Novus Ordo would be more tempting.
And for those who currently attend the Novus Ordo, it is humanly very appealing. The feminism, sentimentality, etc. match those traits which are dominant in themselves: their human nature goes TOWARDS the Novus Ordo rather than away from it.
But in my experience, the kind of Catholics on CathInfo would never be tempted by the Novus Ordo in a million years. It would be a penance, from day 1 to day 10,000. That same feminism which attracts the feminists in the Novus Ordo repulses us. That same drippy sentimentality which causes the Novus Ordoites to cry and feel good would merely turn our stomachs.
On the other hand, I've seen countless serious/CathInfo type Catholics fall to "private interpretation of Tradition" and letting their opinions take charge, to the point that they become home-aloners or otherwise cut themselves off from large swaths of practicing, real (Trad) Catholics.
I'm saying that if you're one of these CathInfo/serious Catholics, you need to reconfigure your scanners to pick up the danger of sectarianism, rather than the danger of hand holding and lay distribution of Holy Communion during Mass.