Totally off target and hypocritical as he's shouting it to his 700 friends on digg! Bury it if you care. http://digg.com/tech_news/Why_You_Shouldn_t_Hire_an_SEO_Company http://www.badoozie.com/2008/07/09/why-you-shouldnt-hire-an-seo-company.html
If your following the quality guidelines of Google, then what you do on the terms of SEO shouldn't really matter. I also think that if someone is willing to put the time and effort into SEO for a particular site, I think the site has a better chance of being better quality.
Can't say anything too but surely, those people are affected by google algo. Can't blame google since they are striving to give quality results and outrank those who are jumping beyond guidelines. Sad some sites suffer.
Search engine optimisation is no more immoral than hiring someone to put together a professional ad campaign in a magazine, i.e. it's just common sense for anyone who wants to do well.
Looks like your typical link baiting to me, write a blog post so [funny / stupid / in your face] and people will link to it.