Being from Greece, with roots in Kalambaka, which is where Palaiokostas still probably lives, the money he gives to the poor is an insurance policy and makes a nice story, but it is totally immaterial compared to what he stole from the rich. Also, he himself has not killed as far as we know, but his "associates" were quite ruthless, especially Rizai who was convicted for paid executions.

Don't forget that he even further destabilizes the economy and costs the people a lot of money through policing, federal insurance of banks (or whatever system Greece uses), etc.

I know. I've considered proposing (in as much as one can 'propose'; Ask HN, perhaps) a secondary 'meta' comment collection for each article for this reason.

I do get it. HN has a lot of Web devs/designers and website look and feel is something they're passionate and opinionated about. But I do find it a little irritating when discussion about the content of a submission is drowned out by complaints about scrolling.

Thoughts?

After a few paragraphs I said to myself "this looks like a criminal hagiography." Seems like it worked.