I hear you, and of course we change titles like that all the time. I'm not quite over the line on this one though; the objection feels a bit pedantic to me and that's not how we moderate the front page.
Also, the upvoting system isn't great for cases like this. There are certain qualities in comments that attract upvotes almost mechanically (indignation is another) and if we didn't moderate the threads, the result would be such comments at the top of every thread, and less interesting discussions. HN functions best not when it's entirely community-and-software driven, but when community, software, and moderators interact in feedback loops. Our goal is to help the community process coalesce into something more interesting than it would in a less complex system.
Also, the upvoting system isn't great for cases like this. There are certain qualities in comments that attract upvotes almost mechanically (indignation is another) and if we didn't moderate the threads, the result would be such comments at the top of every thread, and less interesting discussions. HN functions best not when it's entirely community-and-software driven, but when community, software, and moderators interact in feedback loops. Our goal is to help the community process coalesce into something more interesting than it would in a less complex system.