Should there be any taboo on asking anything in an open society?
453059
Some of the questions I've seen on here are what I would call taboo - but they have been asked! I think a truly open society needs to be ready for all sorts of questions and the questioner needs to be ready to get challenged for his or her views and ideas.
730474
No.  The best way to come across to anyone is with openness and humanity.  Remember the old adage that it is easier to catch flies with honey, i e by being nice?
442936
I guess it is quite fine. I mean if someone asked my religion I would not be offended. However, it is important not to insult people because of their religion or not having a religion.
718021
anything "they" consider chatting is seen as a violation
1159192
No, definately not.  But everyone has a different point of view.  I would not want to ask a question that dealt with major issues (ie. medical, etc.) but having different opinions and finding out some new things about non serious topics is ok.
1036437
I imagine that people don't realize that asking thought-provoking .. or just provoking :-) .. questions is your way of saying, "I want to be left alone"
1166454
yeh, you should prolly bring it up. that way atleast it will be out in the air, and any tension will be from peoples open opinions, and not from trying to hide it and stuff.
627358
lazy talk for "Can I ask you something?"
970158
Well I do respect my privacy but I am more than comfortable to talk to others about sex, I mean watz the harm it's not like the person I'm having the conversation with have never done it and may be a little curious and just looking for some answers that I can help them out with or the other way around.
333998
It depends on the nature of the question.  If its just a general question, sure, why not?  If its of a personal nature, than no, I would ask people whom I value the opinion of.\n\nI do, however, love posting questions that really have no answer, it's interesting to see the various opinions that come up.  But then again, I am born for arguments or rather intellectual debates.
79439
It depends on the person. If you don't know them it's probably not a good idea, they might be offended.
181896
If you can do it discreetly, sure why not?  Just don't dig in so conspicuously that someone would be offended by it.
490413
I've said here on more than one occasion people should learn to respect the rights of others to ask anything they want.\nIf they don't like the question they don't need to answer it, but why do they feel they have the right to ask for it to be banned? \nWho made them better people than us that they can judge what is and isn't OK to answer?\n\n\nI'll say it again if you people want censorship and all that is associated with it, have questions banned, if you want freedom of speech you have to take the rough with the smooth and accept that there are people with ideas that you won't like.\n\n\nTo answer the question: I think that given the same circumstances and an even chance there will be no difference in the intelligence of any race. We're all as stupid as each other.\nIf ethnic minorities get a level playing field is a completely different question.
36330
If you are interested in them then ask them politely. If you are just being nosy then do you really need to know?
1174131
Must you ask this at all??
50096
It's whatever you decide it to be. You shouldn't have ask how to feel about such things. It's nobody's business but your own.
777267
Is this an Etiquette question?