Not at all. I was addressing the fact that when a 3rd party site asks for links to be removed (and are un-willing to pay for 'time' it takes to take links down)

Not at all. I was addressing the fact that when a 3rd party site asks for links to be removed (and are un-willing to pay for 'time' it takes to take links down) and then threaten to turn you into the google police for link spam... you can defend your position and show that you indeed are not participating in link shenanigans.