Oh, really? Hmm, coulda fooled me! Well then thanks for clarifying that!!
Regarding some of those tools, I posted in the WH section because I am thinking long term.... and I've gotten the impression that blasting low quality backlinks using especially tools like senuke is not going to do you any favors in the long run and poses a risk of actually hurting your rankings.
In fact, I REALLY want to play it safe, so I'm feeling a little bit unsure if I can use ANY link building tools. I'd be happy to do a few manual web2.0/directory/article submissions (and of course I plan on adding a lot of quality content), but that plan may result in nearly no backlinks compared to competitors (depends on niche of course).
So I guess the follow-up here is what are the safest WH backlink methods? More research is in order....