Good article. Saviano writes from the heart and avoids platitudes. He covers most everything when someone does something never done before or does it better: 1. Intimidation, in this case with threats to life. 2. Anger and a sense of irritation from the lay public for shining such a bright light on the problem. 3. Attempts at discrediting the person and hence by extension the person's work.

And the reward for this is: The immense loneliness of the person who treads the new path.

Hmm, reminds of what PG says (paraphrasing) "the modern age (in the western world) started when the good kids started to keep their candy." This seems to have missed parts of Italy.