I think this could be a really interesting discussion and, with your permission, I may post about it on my own LJ :)

Please do. I half-considered posting this -- or re-posting this -- as a separate item on my LJ, because I think it may be lost amongst the other comments which are story reviews. I think it's an interesting meta-topic, and I'd love to see what other writers think about the issue. It doesn't matter where the discussion takes place, and you have many more writers on your Friends list who will see it and perhaps join in.