[Dottie]

In Reagans death thread it was said that discussing his politics in the same place as his death was unsensitive. This made me think a few years back, right before the intervention in Afghanistan to be more precise. At that time I thought it was of some importance to discuss the morality of any intervention there, however some said it was unsensitive to bring up the subject of how terrorism is created, how to deal with international criminals etc so close after the WTC attack. Eventually Afghanistan was attacked without much attention to such issues. Everyone should see the problem here really: constructive discussion about certain issues can only take place when they are not as urgent.

So my question: How can you motivate this kind of taboos in political discussions, in what situations (if any) should there be such taboos, and how to get around the problems they causes?