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I'll quote the comment I do not agree with:

"...most of the search engines frown upon paid linking. There is no smile or a high five for those who are artificially trying to gain rank..."

Yes, SE's frown upon paid linking. I don't disagree with that. What I disagree with is the blanket statement of selling text links for artificial rank gains.

Yes, some do (many, many do) sell/buy to gain PR and SERPs, but (a BIG BUT) - marketing has been around long before Google became a (lower-case) god of webmasters. And selling advertisements / marketing towards your niche should NOT be frowned upon.

Martin