Do you think that the disobedience of Frs. Pfeiffer and Chazal to their superiors is part of what makes them "good." Is it that they're too good to have to obey orders?

Then the claim that "The SSPX wasn't being asked to obey"

This is another ludicrous statement.  

John McFarland, I don't even know where to begin.  

My chief "weapon" as you put it is not a dead man.  I don't have a "weapon" except the sword of my faith which no man is at liberty to change.  Faith is timeless, has no life span, is not open to debate or the whims of a majority of whomever to change it.  Let powers that be vote and change this or that, they cannot change the faith.  It will persist long after you and I are dead.  Oh yes, mortals will try to "modernize" the Church in their belief in the flesh they are doing the "right thing", but we see that historically since Vat II, they have been dead,dead wrong, tragically so.  

I'm 63 and have been a Catholic 4 years.  I came out of the protestant world that exhibits much of what the new mass attempts to imitate.  It is ugly in its liberties, encrusted with pride, glorifies man and his own mind set, and cheapens God to a buddy or daddy role who could send no man to hell.  Simply, it is a design crafted by the devil himself to kill, destroy and send our souls to hell.  I am not going back and will work with my might to prevent others from going there.  

I attended a novus ordo vigil a while back in support of a family member and was astonished how similar it was to the protestant world I left, complete with dancing barefoot maidens in cocktail dresses, women in tank tops, men in shorts and flip flops, and most distressing of all, neutered priests in a happy clappy demeanor who surrendered the vigil to feminists and limp wristed men.  This is different church, John.  There can be no union with such a heretical assembly until the hearts and minds of Rome change.  That has not happened yet.  No sign it it.  None. It may not happen for another 100 years horribly enough. We do not know. Bishop Fellay does not know. No one does, but Our Lady.

You are wrong that "virtually the entire Society" is convinced Bishop Fellay's horrifying reversal of position is the way to go.  Many that I know are waiting, praying, and praying some more.  They can do little else.  Many have wondered what has come about to cause this to happen.  I can only presume he and his assistants have been loved- bombed by Rome, but that is just my guess.   Whatever the cause, many, many people will not go along if a practical deal is struck. Those that do follow along will find, as the other Latin Mass groups have found out, the noose tightens little by little as the months and years go by until death of faith draws its last breath.  The Pope's most recent high appointments Archbishop Muller and Bishop Denoia stated it is their intention to convert the Society to adherence to Vat II.  So much for Bishop Fellay's stated belief that Rome wants us to draw them back to Tradition.  

This is not a "game".  It is the Church and it's survival, man!  Those who are placed in positions of leadership are not "players".  They are or should be holy men, full of wisdom, meek, with great humility and most of all, faith of our fathers.  All the virtues we are taught to emulate.  All must be guided by the Holy Ghost, with reverence, charity, and devotion to our Lady and Lord Jesus Christ.  I will emulate and obey those who show such virtues.  None of us can do anything less.  

The current state of the papacy renders insignificant the difficulties over jurisdiction, disobedience and apostolicity, because these notions suppose the reign of a pope Catholic in his faith and government. Without entering into consideration of the consequences of an heretical, schismatic or non-existent pope, which would lead to interminable theoretical discussions, in conscience could we not and ought we not, after the promulgation of the 1983 Code of Canon Law which clearly affirms the new Church, and after his scandalous declarations concerning Luther, now affirm that Pope John Paul II is not Catholic? We say no more, but we say no less. We had waited for the measure to become full, and it is so henceforth. (Quoted by Bishop Tissier de Mallerais, Fideliter, n. 123, pp. 25-29. May-June 1998.)

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If telling someone they're excommunicated isn't telling them to obey, what is?

That's a pretty good observation. I'm wondering how Mr. McFarland answers it.

And John McFarland --  you disgrace the Old Sod and the Irish portion of your ancestry by your blindness to the truth.

Normally it's common for the Irish (and those with Irish heritage) to have the virtue of common sense.

We have expressions like, "Don't p*** on me and tell me it's raining."

We like to call a spade a spade.

Not everyone with Irish blood is so blind, thanks be to God! Some still know how to fight for the truth, no matter how outnumbered they are or how unpopular it is.