This comment is longer than the article it responds to. A good new years resolution for the interwebs might be to Keep It Short, Stupid! The definition of "comment" also needs revisiting.
I don't think the comment was overly long for the story it contained. And I really enjoyed reading it, I'm sure I'm not alone.
As far as I'm concerned the writer is more than welcome to post comments of this quality of any length and I'll happily read them.