Dude, don't feel like you have to defend yourself. I honestly offer an apology for having "snapped" in the other thread. I'm not exactly a long time runner here and so the "spam spree" as you called it caught me unwitting.
That being said, I'm much more used to the style of people where if they don't have anything to say in a topic, they will either say something random or not at all. "Consoles suck" in a thread about consoles is neither of those.
In other news, I actually had to look up Astrid Lindgren. I had forgotten about the Pippi Longstockings stories. That takes me straight back to 5th grade. Which in turn reminds me of Hudson Hawk. God I love that movie.