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  • #1
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    Greenbum
    • Jun 2005
    • 3

    Pursuasive argument ideas

    Hi guys, I was hoping someone could help me with comming up with an idea for a pursuasive speech. I'm a bit stuck for ideas and I need to write it before I go away.

    One idea I have come up with is the issue of the parents being *wrongly* prosecuted for thier children downloading movies/music illegally. I can say it is bureaucracy gone mad; but I'm looking for an issue more applicable to the general public and maybe people tried to ignore.

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    >Bum
  • #2
    Summer!!
    lightdarkness
    • Jul 2003
    • 11310

    RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

    *Moved to Critical Thinking*

    You'll get a better response in this forum... I'd offer an idea, but i'm late for work.

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    • #3
      (The Fat's Sabobah)
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      jewpinthethird
      • Nov 2002
      • 11711

      RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

      How about parents blaming the media for their children's violent attitudes instead of their poor parenting skills?

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      • #4
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        stlunatic0124
        • Feb 2005
        • 3228

        RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

        whether video games have a negative effect on children or not...wrote a 10 page paper on that for english 101, got an A

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        • #5
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          Greenbum
          • Jun 2005
          • 3

          RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

          I like where you're heading jewpinthe3rd, something to do with the media is what I'm looking for.
          Personally, I think video games effect on children has been done to death, thanks for the idea anyway, lunatic. btw, Well done on the A.

          keep 'em comming guys

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          • #6
            嗚呼
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            Moogy
            • Aug 2003
            • 10303

            RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

            Maybe you should learn to spell "persuasive" first.
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            ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

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            • #7
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              MalReynolds
              • Sep 2003
              • 6571

              RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

              Here's a good topic: Why the electoral college should be thrown out and replaced with a more representative electoral system... You'd have to do research on the other methods, though.

              Mal

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              • #8
                嗚呼
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                Moogy
                • Aug 2003
                • 10303

                RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                ya i did lol
                Plz visit my blog

                ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

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                • #9
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                  esupin
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 1756

                  RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                  When you say persuasive speech, does that mean you are actually going to read it out loud, or is it just a paper?

                  http://www.youtube.com/esupin

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                  • #10
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                    FlashStinger
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 49

                    RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                    If you want media, try this: Media becoming more and more lax towards violence and Sex and how it affects our children. What used to be rated R is now an easy PG. IDK about where you live, but here in Maine Sexual education is starting in Kindergarten. Many people belive that kids are learning about sex and doing it much earlier in life because of the media. The amount of people losing their virginity before they are even teenagers or in highschool is skyrocketing. You could play the more conservative side if your teacher is a republican and say this is bad, or you can play the more liberal side if your teacher is a democrat. According to recent studies, teachers who agree with a viewpoint tend to grade it higher than a viewpoint they don't agree with. This topic could easily be a large scale topic that hasn't really been addressed that often. Sub topic to this could be swearing on tv, and how censoring is being relaxed much much more, along with more sex on TV.
                    w/e

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                    • #11
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                      DDRAngel
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 79

                      RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                      You should do it on something you are passionate about
                      Once in his life,
                      every man is entitled
                      to fall madly in love
                      with a gorgeous redhead.
                      Lucille Ball

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                      • #12
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                        Tonberry_Kid
                        • May 2005
                        • 3408

                        RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                        About the language censorship on TV, it's getting more tight assed. You can't say asshole, because they bleap out hole, you can't say God dammit, they bleap out God. You used to be allowed to say those things. And video game violence doesn't cause a kid to go out and kill someone. It's the parents fault for showing the kid difference between virual reality and reality. All that the R rated movies and M rated video games do are promote violence that desensitises you consinderably. Doesn't mean you won't go out and shoot cops and steal cars, but makes you less susceptable for being sickened by blood, guts, gore, etc.
                        And about the illegally downloading of music. Make CDs cheaper. If they're cheaper, more people could buy them. I'm not going to waste $20 for a CD I might not like. So I ask a friend just to copy a couple songs by the other, and check it out. Then if I like it, I'll wait about 3 years until the price drops to about $15 and then I go and buy it. I seriously think CDs should cost less than $15. $20 is too much.
                        UNLEASH THE DRAGON
                        Originally posted by mead1
                        My method of making love is quite different than you might expect. I prefer to find a girl taking a nap at the local preschool, and then make love to them as they scream in my large, sound-proofed, white van. I then make love on their face, and throw them in an ice-chest of bleach. For pillow talk, I usually say, "Your parents can't hear you," and keep their teddy bear as a momento. You could call me a hopeless romantic, I guess.

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                        • #13
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                          The_Q
                          • May 2004
                          • 4391

                          RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                          And about the illegally downloading of music. Make CDs cheaper. If they're cheaper, more people could buy them.
                          Not if there's an even cheaper choice. That choice is illegal downloading. Why is illegal downloading illegal? Because it is protecting the property of the producer. Basically, what you are doing when you download illegally is stealing from the artist.

                          I'm not going to waste $20 for a CD I might not like. So I ask a friend just to copy a couple songs by the other, and check it out.
                          They had a system for trying out songs before you buy the album. It was called "radio."

                          Then if I like it, I'll wait about 3 years until the price drops to about $15 and then I go and buy it. I seriously think CDs should cost less than $15. $20 is too much.
                          But lots of people will buy them at $20 because they value it at more than that. Pretty much, by buying the CD, you're saying "I'm ok with the price and it should be kept that way." If you want the price of CDs to fall, don't buy any until they're low. This does not mean, go steal the songs from the CD.

                          Q

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                          • #14
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                            Tonberry_Kid
                            • May 2005
                            • 3408

                            RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                            The only songs I ask for are the hit one on the radio, and a couple of them that aren't in the radio. I know of a couple of bands who have great radio songs but everything else sucks. And CDs for single songs are like $6. But whatever. My friend stopped doing it, and I have stopped listening to music other than what I have already and some techno(well lots really).
                            UNLEASH THE DRAGON
                            Originally posted by mead1
                            My method of making love is quite different than you might expect. I prefer to find a girl taking a nap at the local preschool, and then make love to them as they scream in my large, sound-proofed, white van. I then make love on their face, and throw them in an ice-chest of bleach. For pillow talk, I usually say, "Your parents can't hear you," and keep their teddy bear as a momento. You could call me a hopeless romantic, I guess.

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                            • #15
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                              gardyloo
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 580

                              RE: Pursuasive argument ideas

                              Why society is overmedicated

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