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To wrap up the argument, if someone wants to make Chaos Tau, go ahead and do it.

Some people will say, "Wow! That's a cool idea", and some people will say, "That's stupid! It sucks", and other people will reserve their opinion.

It doesn't even matter if the GW official fluff supports it or not. Nearly anything can be got around, because the fluff is deliberately so vague.

I like Female Space Marines. I can claim all sorts of justification for why the fluff against them is wrong. For example, it's just Imperial propaganda that women can't accept the progenoids. The two missing Primarchs were women, that is why they are missing -- because the authorities have retconned them out of history.

OT.

The main point is that there need to be differences and contrasts between different races and factions to give the game interest.

People should not be afraid of making something different and interesting. I just feel that Chaos <latest faction> isn't a very interesting idea because it has been done enough times that Chaos has become ho hum. Stick spikes and tentacles on everything and paint it black. Thrash metal. Even mind-bending horror becomes predictable and dull when it is constantly expressed in the same tropes.

I think it's a missed opportunity.

With all due respect to Killkrazy I don't think any of it has to due with being afraid of making something differant. There are those of us who believe it is simply impossible which has been supported by fluff. If any of the codices that include information about Tau had mentioned anything about them turning to Chaos then we would have no problem helping the OP to make Chaos Tau. But when the fluff specificly points out that the Tau have almost no presence in the Warp and no fluff has ever indicated that their can or will be any then it is not out of the question for us to say no it can't happen especially when we stay within the boundries of the fluff.

Now I'll be the first to admit that creativity and imagination play a big part in the game. Creating your own army is what the game is all about, for some people it's simple painting their models. For others it's completly intricate and full backgrounds and histories. Now most people don't have a problem with some of the differant stories that are created because they fit within the boundries of the established fluff. Chaos Tau are far outside of those boundries, so while the OP completly has the right to make any army he wan't and to model them how he wants he would be very very hard pressed to justify the army in terms of fluff without having a completly outlandish and radicle story that strains belief.

Orks, Tyranids and such have instances of contact with Chaos that fit within their established fluff. The Orks believing an idle of a Chaos god or Daemon is either Gork or Mork fits with their fluff as in general they are fairly stupid. Tyranids being infected with Nurgles Rot because their Hive Fleet was sucked into the warp, that fits because anyone (even Tau) can be infected with the Rot. The Tau do not worship gods so they cannot be tricked like Orks, they can be infected with the Rot but that does not mean that they will start worshiping Chaos Gods. The OP asked if their was a way that Tau can be turned to Chaos. As supported fluff goes no there is not.