Let's compile a DU list of 'subjects it's not a good idea to post about'

[Screaming Lord Byron]

you know, subjects that will invariably devolve into a ritual slanging match, with additional tarring and feathering.
I'll start-

Abortion
Cuba

[Snow]

1. Oooh, I've got one.....not gonna say it too loudly, though...

(whisper) vaccinations

[nini]

2. the Catholic Church or anything related to it.

:eyes:

[45th Med]

5. yea, I'm pretty sensitive about Catholic bashing....

being Roman Catholic and all. Also Kennedy Family bashing is pretty low brow too.

[nini]

6. that's the only topic I hide.. it makes me nuts

.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Moderators

;)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. Not even the concept of the merest thought hadn't even begun to consider

crossing my mind.;-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Oozing pustulant anal cysts and why Bush deserves to be re-elected

Any other issue is fine to post about but if you manipulate linguistically when the opening post isn't your real concern at all, be prepared to be taken to task.

Ain't free speech grand?

[Cannikin]

7. I got a warning for the word 'in-fighting'

But I wont say how I used it....but I will say, it didnt sit well with the folks in GD: Democratic primary 2004.

And my second warning was because I posted an Onion article with an 'f' word in it...a derogetory homosexual term....so I dont recommend doing that either.

[mike_c]

8. my yak is better than your yak, your's is unelectable....

eom

[Dookus]

9. hrmm...

Church sexual abuse scandal
Kobe Bryant
Unelectability
Regional bashing
Testicular assymetry ... oh wait.. that one's fine ;)

[elperromagico]

10. It's a bad idea to post about your intimate experience with Strom Thurmond

[Cannikin]

12. Ok..I just went straight. Why did you say that?

:puke:

[elperromagico]

14. Well, do you want people

posting about their intimate experiences with Strom Thurmond? I sure don't.

[LynneSin]

16. Can I mention that I'm the Love Child of Strom Thurmond's....

best friend uncle next door neighbor and his beloved childhood sweetheart???

[LynneSin]

13. Bad rashes you've received while canoodling with ZombyWoof or GOPisEvil

It's just not a topic I want to see discussed here at DU

Ok - just don't do it

Thanks!!

[SOteric]

26. What do you think all that yak butter is for, just anyway.

[TrogL]

15. conspiracies

[BuckeFushe]

17. Bowel movements, positive Bush traits, duck butter

[trof]

18. penis length

Just don't go there.

[Deja Q]

29. I second that

It doesn't matter. It's what's on the inside that counts. (that's why Britney Spears is an h-word.)

[SoCalDem]

32. Here's something that might get past the censors

[Mass_Liberal]

33. I am speechless

utterly dumbstruck

[Terwilliger]

19. YAKS

[Faygo Kid]

20. Apparently, Twins, from all the locked threads

Some of them were fun, too, if a bit redundant.

[trof]

25. and strikers

damned anti-union git
:-(

[Wickerman]

21. 2nd Amendment

and don't even go near the dungeon :scared:

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Pike!

:scared:

[ohiosmith]

23. Jello, chainsaws, pantyhose, high tension lines, and/or goose eggs.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

24. Red Sox/Yankees, Abortion, 2nd Amendment

The latest abortion thread in GD this afternoon gave me a wicked headache...

[Insider]

27. entagonpay aneplay ashcray

[ikojo]

28. Israel and the Palestinians

Israel and American Jews

[RebelOne]

30. Abortion and atheist or christian bashing

[NightTrain]

31. Ralph Nader, particularly if you DON'T think he's the Antichrist.

n/t

[Selwynn]

34. You can post anything, you just cant be a stupid moron when you do.

:)

[GregW]

35. Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Starbucks

ALL of which I frequent and consider myself a happy customer.

[DS1]

36. I give you the I.R.A.

*Runs*

[SOteric]

37. Yes, please,

don't talk about the runs, that's just oogy.

[JohnKleeb]

39. I want the IRA :)

Yeah that is controversial as DS1 said.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

38. Yeah, remember the IRA - Terrorists or Freedom Fighters thread?

(looks anxious)