# Can I get a list of the unmentionable debate topics? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712 "2002-10-31T15:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/1 "2002-10-31T15:18:57Z")
I’ve noticed that virtually every discussion on and off this board dealing with certain topics goes down in (ha) flames sooner or later, and usually sooner. So far, my partial list includes Israel, anything dealing with GWB or BC, or gun control. I’ll stick filesharing in too, since those tend to be stillborn. Does anyone else have suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/2 "2002-10-31T16:26:27Z")
Absinthe ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/3 "2002-10-31T17:00:06Z")
Theism/atheism? Homosexuality? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/4 "2002-10-31T17:49:33Z")
Anything dealing with race or racism ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/5 "2002-10-31T18:08:28Z")
Man, now I have to shelve my “If Bush deprived me of my God-given right to download gay Israelis drinking absinthe, would I have to register my firearm _before_ I shoot the racist bastard?” great debate. [sub]FWIW, my answer would have been an unequivocal “maybe.”[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/6 "2002-10-31T18:28:28Z")
Foreskins :rolleyes: Puleeeease don’t do that one again! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/7 "2002-10-31T19:21:17Z")
alternative medicine / supplements ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/8 "2002-10-31T19:26:03Z")
“If a guy gets a woman pregnant, she can choose an abortion, or choose to collect child support from him for 18 years, but he can’t force her to have an abortion or, if he wants to be a father, not have an abortion.” Why? Why? Why? Because. Because. Because. ZZZ. Or, try this for an OP and see what happens: “Goddamn SUV’s!” ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/9 "2002-10-31T19:52:54Z")
-gry ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/10 "2002-10-31T20:22:23Z")
Um, Napster and Kazaa, asteroids. Or is it meteorites? Or meteors? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/11 "2002-10-31T20:33:21Z")
Jack Chick. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/12 "2002-11-01T00:13:19Z")
So, where _did_ the missing dollar go? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/13 "2002-11-01T03:00:29Z")
Jews in the military. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/14 "2002-11-01T03:07:18Z")
Evolution vs Creation ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/15 "2002-11-01T05:54:17Z")
Any thread started by **december**. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/16 "2002-11-01T12:45:39Z")
“Which is better: Windows or Mac?” ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/17 "2002-11-01T12:47:45Z")
Copyrights, particularly for music. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/18 "2002-11-01T13:22:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > \*\*Jack Chick. \*\* and Fred Phelps. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/19 "2002-11-01T13:36:49Z")
Criticism of capitalism. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712/20 "2002-11-01T14:00:30Z")
Implying that religious belief is anything less than rational. Unless it’s fundie belief, in which case it’s shooting season for all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-list-of-the-unmentionable-debate-topics/134712.md?page=2)