> In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers participating in the AdSense program may not:

> Encourage users to click the Google ads using phrases such as "click the ads", "support us", "visit these links" or other similar language.

from: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#...

I agree with you though, not everything is entirely clear. There is no way Google can make a statement for every case that can possibly happen. They come up with these general rules followed by a 'we can do whatever we want' catch all.

I feel like I am defending Google way too much. I think the could have handled it a lot better, that said - I do think the end result was correct and I am not ready to scream google is evil like most people here seem to be doing.