Scoble points to some commentary from Blogher, and says this:

It's time to learn, not time to participate. I hope every blogger reads at least 10 blogs that are writing about Blogher. The ideas being discussed there are ones that we haven't yet discussed well in the blogosphere.

Hmm - here's a representative piece from that piece:

Ambra: When you don’t allow commenting somehow it puts your credibility in jeopardy. High profile bloggers get a lot of crap when they close comments. What Trish was saying, with the net you have a whole other aspect of idiocy of people, drive by anonynmous zealots who feel they can say whatever they want with no accountability. You just have to have thick things. There are things they would never say to your face. A nerdy 14 year old boy posing as a 34 year old. I think that there needs to be some sort of respect for the author.

Well heck - that woman seems shocked that she put opinions out for public consumption, and - holy smokes - she got feedback! Quick, call the clue squad. If you don't want your ideas examined, here's a tip - don't publish them. If you want to publish them, be prepared to get challenged. If you publish them on the net, be prepared to get challenged by lots of people. It's the way things work.

So Scoble says that "The ideas being discussed there are ones that we haven't yet discussed well in the blogosphere". I don't see that at all. What I see in that piece is a group of people who seem positively stunned that opinions they made public got challenged. Then there are complaints about comments - as if that isn't a problem everyone in this space has. Bottom line - there's nothing I see there that doesn't come up all the time. I think we need less worrying about the special role of (insert gender/group/etc here) in blogging, and more realization that we're all in the same boat.