Yes, I understand all of this, and I'm leaving the moral uprightness of Archbishop Lefebvre's particular situation aside for the moment; my issue is with those justifying the consecrating of a bishop without Rome's mandate (using irrelevant historical examples that certainly didn't include the Roman Pontiff's explicitly forbidding the act) isn't problematic in principle (just as long as one is not a heretic), which many have done in this thread.
In the current situation you absolutely cannot take issue with justification of new consecrations, while at the same time "leaving the moral uprightness of Archbishop Lefebvre's particular situation aside for the moment". To attempt this is disingenuous to say the least.
I prefaced it that way simply to discuss the principles in general apart from Msgr. Lefebvre's concrete situation. To spin it by calling into question my intentions (by ascribing the most uncharitable interpretation at that Mr. (aptly named) Ultrarigorist) is merely a diversion "to say the least."
Same concrete situation, same principles, different year. Abp. L's successors need successors in turn. The "particular situation" has not changed, but if anything, ++L's decision has been ever more validated by roman antics since. Yet you accuse me of diversion?