steveb - 6:28 am on May 9, 2007 (gmt 0)

"What is under scrutiny here is webmasters tendency to equate Google's guidelines with Ethics."

Did you bring your Kleenex when you made your strawman?

Webmasters need to stop stating a nonsensical position then arguing against it. It just makes webmasters look like unrealistic crybabies.

The only thing in worse shape than Google (and the other engines) is the self esteem of the webmaster-as-victim cryathon crowd.