Sincerely, it wasn't a personal attack. I am just sad a short comment about the look & feel make the top instead of a comment about the content.
Even if in the end, I tend to agree with you that this color contrast is a design error.
ps: Also, if you visit my website, you will see I am fully aware of accessibility and try to take a good care about it.
In the end I think it's important to remember that even if the content is the best thing in the world, that doesn't mean much if people can't read it. I'm probably just a curmudgeon but I've clicked links to posts where I saw the contrast and size and said "I'm not going to bother reading this. It is too hard and I don't care enough about this article to change my browser settings to correct the designer's mistakes." And many people don't have the skills to do so. Three cheers for agreement! :)
I am pretty sure you know about these, but just in case.
To address this problem I used readability from arc90. Now I use a solarized[^1] version of readable[^2].
Cheers :)
[^1]: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized [^2]: http://goo.gl/jISPf => will go to http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ with solarized theme (my tiny contribution).