It sounds as if you took those analogies and invested far more of yourself into them than is normal.
He was using the ridiculousness of the analogy to point out the ridiculousness of your stance and its "and that's
THAT!" tone. I thought it was a rather simple analogy, and one that helped illustrate his point as it related
to your stance. It wasn't a "dude, what if they did THIS to you...huh, huh, huh?" analogy, rather one to demonstrate that your stance seemed to be absolute, when it is anything but.
And to think, I haven't played with consoles or purchased one of their games since 2002, and am part of this boycott by proxy