For those wondering:
Seppuku.
I'm on the brink of not only requesting clean link submissions at my
newest list, but maybe even demanding them. But before I do so, I'd like to inquire with the SEO-minded whether this is too radical of a move. Perhaps linking out to so many other shit pages while not having all those links back will be certain death, or maybe the slow gain of organic links will save my ass. I don't know. But I'd really like to hear some opinions before I destroy yet another link list.
Any other comments, concerns, or theories are certainly welcome.