There are certain central and less-than-central topics that are repeatedly
brought up on this list. Perhaps we should compose a list of these topics
and put it on the web, linked in to the list registration page. The
intention would not be to discourage discussion of these topics on the list
but to let people know that these topics should be approached thoughtfully
and probably with essay-length submissions.
If any of the long-time readers think that this would be useful, I'm sure
you could rattle off a list of such topics better than
I.