To everyone who wants to write: but I didn't read that thread and I find this quite interesting; you are free to find it interesting, but I did read about it 2 days ago and to me it looks like karma farming.
To me it seems like Hackernews, as a whole, goes off on the same kinds of thought-tangents as I do, and that makes the site more interesting. And I was one of the commenters about Jazelle on the thread you mentioned.
Reposting that tangent as a separate submission increases the chance of me finding the conversation.
Even so, why does it affect you so much to see other people getting these internet points? Or that they were somehow unearned?
Who cares.
To simply allow these posts and having them hit the front page when they get upvotes is a valid position. But I think it contributes to a website that is less interesting.
I don't think these posts should be removed, but they should at least be frowned upon, and/or linked to the original comment thread.