Interesting links. I've bookmarked for later reading. Thanks for posting these.

I generally prefer to stay out of these debates for a potpourri of reasons. I come in with years of thinking in this area (academic, practical) and I find that tumblr, LJ, and DW seem to foster flames more than discussion so... I just stay out. In fact, I might even avoid tumblr for the next few days.

I'm starting to believe that the only way to sanely discuss these issues is in a semi-moderated face-to-face panel.