[coldtea]

>To illustrate that, how about we talk about the brutal crackdown of illegal immigration in Russia:

Not sure what the point is though. Why shouldn't we talk about this (brutal crackdown of illegal immigration in Russia) in a subthread on this article?

It also seems totally relevant, e.g. to compare USSR-era border control to today's Russia, etc.

>Are you worried your new thread wouldn't pique the interest around here?

No, I'm worried about artificially limiting discussion to very narrow confines around a single particular topic.

Which doesn't even make sense. How much stuff can anybody here say about Mott's case in particular? And what's to say about it specifically that's not already in TFA?

It's the wider implications and issues around that that we all can contribute something to, and that's what makes conversation interesting.