I wish I could say I found this funny.
The issues here are an aspect of the very foundation of the decline of England. Part of what Engles suggested when he said that we are all being 'Crushed under the weight of dead people.'
The lowest common denominator runs every society. It is the baseline. In the US, it is represented by the flag, patriotism, John Wayne values and so on.
In England, it is the reverence, parental reverence, that was traditionally paid to the aristocracy.
The aristocricy doesn't exist now, as such. (It hasn't actually existed since the 14th century, but we're not suppose to talk about that). But the reverance was and is mantained by a small cadrae of middle class fuddies who seem to weild enormous power. Yet it is clearly indicated that these people lack any semblance of intelegence, by the steady decline of the very institutions they seek to defend.
The CofE could, potentially, be a wonderful force for social good. There are few who could find serious issue with it since it accommodates such a wide section. (Interestingly, it is considerably more catholic than the Roman Church ever was!!). But sadly, it cannot progress. It, like so much in England and much of Europe, is being crushed under the weight of dead people.
