I totally agree, so much so that when this story hit the front page I flagged it; what could any of us usefully have to say about it?

Two hours later, lo and behold, we have this gem of an HN discussion.

Truly horrible threads (as this story is starting to germinate) get nuked by the moderators. But my sense is, the (overworked, underappreciated) mods find it much more gratifying when the site's "immune system" kicks in and flags them off the site before they have to. Why not help this story meet an appropriately speedy demise?

(Boom! The system works!)