But the most emotive issue is land.
Somehow reconciling the views of the 12 disparate members of the committee on obscenity and film censorship, he managed to produce a beautifully dispassionate, shrewd, pragmatic report on this most emotive issue in November 1979, much of which he wrote himself.
By retiring before this election, Dr Mahathir deprived his critics of their most emotive issue.By contrast, Mr Badawi, or "Pak Lah" as Malaysians affectionately call him, is a breath of fresh air.
In recent years they entered the debate on one of the most emotive issues, GM foods, and demanded a five-year moratorium.
Mr Justice David Richards, who is no relation to his namesake Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of the Premier League, will adjudicate on what is one of the most emotive issues in football.
In fact, as home ownership has risen among older people, the trend in a number of countries has been the reverse: the adult children move in with mum and dad.The relationship between parents, children and the parental home is one of the most emotive issues of retirement.
It suffered catastrophic defeats in the 2006 mid-terms, with conservative heroes such as Rick Santorum losing his Senate seat and conservative ballot measures going down to defeat.Both Mr Obama and Mr McCain also had good reasons for avoiding some of the most emotive issues in politics.
The speech, to be given in south London, is expected to touch on some of the most emotive issues in the police's relationship with the communities it serves and follows five years of barely concealed running warfare between ministers and the police under the Conservative-led coalition.
It has been one of the most emotive issues of the campaign - to what extent has the NHS in England been "privatised"?
Abortion is absolutely the most emotive, divisive issue in Irish society, cleaving not only political parties, but workplaces, groups of friends and even families.
Now executive pay sometimes seems to be the most emotive campaign issue.These discontents are reverberations from German unification in 1990, which saddled the country with gargantuan costs and led to a decade-long quest to regain competitiveness.
