Interesting read - whatever your opinion of powerblocs, napfests, and the like. For me and how I got into EVE, it was in a way down to the oweblocs and the politics they created, the metagaming they did, and the stories they created because of it all. That and SPACESHIPS.
Personally Im firmly in the smaller warring entities camp, however as long as people feel a need to nap-up with everyone around them, we'll see as much stagnation in conflicts going forward as we have in the past (and current) situation out in the wilds.
The need to out blob your enemies is what I feel is doing warfare in EVE a dis-service really, which wouldnt matter so much if Dominion hadnt killed all the improvements CCP had made in fighing lag and the like over the past year or so.