I'll make all my text bright colors. The function of a design professional is to create web sites that communicate effectively. Presentation of information is vital to the effectiveness of that communication.
Graphics are an important design tool.
The example listed in the previous post ridicules the use of graphics by citing a worst case scenario, combing overstuffed files with extremely poor taste and bad programming practises. Of course that is poor design. It does not make a case for simple text only pages. Regardless of what the web was originally designed for, it is now a graphics based medium because that is what viewers want to see. It appeals to the widest audience.