bobsc - 11:09 am on Jul 20, 2012 (gmt 0)

They don't want to penalize links. They want to penalize (or discourage) behavior.

People (other webmasters) love my site.
So, some put sitewide links on their site to mine.
It might look unnatural, but it's not.
I don't solicit this behavior in any way at all.
Yet, my site gets penalized.
Google is baffling.