RE: [LIST] Non-topics

This wasn't a serious suggestion to ban things, just to
highlight the well known volatile nature of some subject
topics...

>>Sex
>--how often do we have to worry about this?  (okay, obligatory
>response--"don't know about you, but it happens to me all the time").
>Seriously, though, I haven't noticed a thread on this.

Recently there were some posts in dubious taste. We don't know about
peoples sexuality or preferences or inadequacies, just take care, thats
all.

>
>>Politics
>You mean "current" as opposed to "future" politics, presume.

Yes, modern Left vs Right stuff.

>>Religion
>--again, I don't recall seeing a thread on this.  Two
>comments, one of which was on topic, the other of which I castigated at
the
time.
>Any realistic future history is going to have religion in it, although
we
>may ignore it.

Remember Salmon Rushdie. Its probably best to make up
religion for the future history such as in DUNE rather than
use modern live religions and perhaps cause offence with crass
comments. Basically don't diss the deity. Nuns with guns we'll forgive
:-)

>
>>Nationalism
>As in "The US is better than any five of you socialist countries so who
>cares what you think?"  I haven't seen anything like that on
>this list.

You missed a major US v UK ruck about 2 years ago. Plus several
I hate <country persons of your choice> type posts that had to be
stomped
on. It just a sure fire troll subject.

>>Computer operating systems

Mac vs PC mostly another troll fest.

-= tim jones =-