I don't get what's so wrong with people buying advertising space on a website or selling your wares. Since when did being a merchant equate to greed? Now, I admit capitalizing on the 9/11 dead bothered me immediately, beginning with the Yellow/Black "Attack on America" logo CNN came up with. Now theres "Countdown in Iraq."
But, all in all, you can't stop advertising - and shouldn't. Without it, hell, the world wouldn't have ever known about Chia-Pet or the amazing beer holder hats.