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What calling someone a gatekeeper really says
I thought about posting this on my blog... I'll copy it there later, lest I be called a peasant for feeding an "A-lister"... ;-) All this brew-ha-ha about gatekeeping and the sematic arguments, finding "evidence" in logs, etc... is al bullshit. What's really in question here is motive. The use of the A-list buzzword just obfuscates things Do I think Doc is a "Gatekeeper" -- NO! Do others? Could be... but it doesn't matter to me. Calling someone a gatekeeper is a way of accusing them of having a hidden agenda when you get down to brass tacks. I'm reminded of a metaphor... the story of Angulimala - whoops... Wikipedia seems to be in conflict with the story as I read elsewhere....
Buddha was once threatend with death by a bandit called Angulimal. "Then be good enough to fulfill my dying wish," said Buddha. "Cut off the branch of that tree." First someone has to get traffic, either by constructive or destructive means... A woodsman uses constructive and destructive means to keep a forest... focusing only on the axe misses the rest of his role as a steward of the forest. Focusing on the links, instead of the blogs misses the role of bloggers as stewards. --Mike--
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