By Julian Kwasniewski, The Catholic Thing - The Synod seems to be a tour de force of what it means when an assembly is “lacking in judgement or common sense,” whose actions cause “amusement or derision.” Yet for all the bellyaching of the conservative media – most certainly justified – what do we, in fact, do?... Because at the end of the day, the silliness is not at all harmless: it’s parasitic, as Randall Smith so nicely pointed out in his submissive updating.