Flash: 99% Bad! (What tha ***!)

Well this is a little like walking into a church and saying '‘god sux’'
Let’s use our information-architecture skills and break your statement down into its fundamental parts:

“design abuse” <- ? Design IS, and cannot be abused. A good designer can create a good design regardless of the medium he chooses to use.

“it breaks with the Web’s fundamental interaction principles”<-- And what are those, you tell me. The web’s fundamental interaction principles are…go ahead…wait i’m not done laughing yet.

“it distracts attention from the site’s core value”<-- well that would be ‘bad’, unless the site’s core value is to distract attention from fools like yourself.