I'm not certain that it ever was an honest proposal, any more than his attempts at conversion were honest.
If you put a proposal out there that you know full well will be ghastly to the intended recipients then you aren't proposing-you're trolling.
Let's put our cards on the table Jake, I'm not debating you and I've no confidence in bringing you around to my way of thinking. I'm just taking the piss, I'm mocking, taking the Mickey, I am trolling you!
And you are trolling us. You aren't here for a wife, you aren't here for converts, you're here for shits and giggles. You be trolling, simple!