The "At stake here" borrows from judicial writing, where disinterested parties offer an analysis that would cut the gordion knot of obscuring details. It's shor

The "At stake here" borrows from judicial writing, where disinterested parties offer an analysis that would cut the gordion knot of obscuring details. It's short for, "This is really what the debate is about, isn't it?" From your comment, I gather that HN moderators feel a bit high-strung over the faintest accusation of censorship. At stake here, I suppose, is PG's reputation, which I'm generally indifferent about. An upstanding citizen of the tech community he is, nothing less, nothing more.