here is a perfect example... (and I'm not picking on Platinum Bucks, it's just an example)
http://www.platinumbucks.com/main.html
This is a site that is NOT entirely made of Flash... yet there is flash in it.
Do you find this to be somehow compelling? Is the spinning, whirling crap in the center there making you want to join the program?
I find it distracting and annoying. Much like I find a midi file embedded into a page to be distracting and annoying.
Maybe that's just me.... who knows.
and what about the spinning, whirling flash banners?
Do they call out to you to click them? They're not working on me. Maybe I have some sort of disorder or something, but I think the whole flash thing is way overrated.