Are Freebies Killing the Grid?

Of all the 16¾ tonnes of blogs about Second Life™ that one could read, VintFalken.com is one of my faves. But I was shocked at her post "Are Freebies a showstopper?" from today. Then when I saw it all stemmed back to comments by pundit/gadfly/lightning rod Prokofy Neva I relaxed and read on with some amusement.