> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. I read the parent comment as more a general commentary on the overall internet-wide reaction to this rathe

> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. I read the parent comment as more a general commentary on the overall internet-wide reaction to this rather than being specifically about HN. I agree with all your points. You summed up why this is interesting, relevant to this audience and worthy of analysis to see what we can learn from it. I also agree with the parent that many (online and in media) seem to be showing very little respect for the deaths of fellow humans, based on arbitrary labels/assessments, when most of these "commentators" had never even heard of these unfortunate individuals before last week. > it removed said CEO from the story so he can't answer for himself. Yes this is worth repeating too. We're getting one side of the story from what has been rather sensationalist reporting all round. It looks on the face of it like he made some pretty terrible mistakes, but we don't know all the facts yet. I think inquiry is appropriate at this stage, but assassination of character before they've even finished recovering the debris [0], not so much. [0] I would have said "buried the dead" but of course the families and friends have nothing to bury. If people can't feel empathy for the dead, perhaps they could at least spare a thought for their families.