What should I do a persuasive speech on?

[TallBill]

Yesterday's topics were.

"Don't smoke because my grandmother died from it"
"Children should be wear school uniforms"
and the winner...
"Don't waste food off of your plate, people are starving"

Painful to sit through

I can't think of anything clever. I'm just gonna wing it no matter what I end up picking.

6-8 minutes was the target

Update - Ended up doing my speech on how pointless the assault weapons ban was on actually reducing gun crime in the US. Military style rifles are used in 1.5% to 2% of gun crimes and are by far the most targeted.


Anyways, I sat through 5 other speeches, 3 were what I would expect from a college freshmen, and 2 were absolutely a sad display of idiocy.

One guy started sharing a story about how money was the root of all evil and that he sold drugs in high school and spent 10 months in jail for assault. All of this took about 2 minutes. He then spent about 2 minutes setting up video on youtube for us to watch. The video ended up being Pink Floyd - Money, which he played 2 minutes of, then said "thank you" and sat down. I guess he persuaded me... not to do drugs.


The next winner stood in front of the class for all of 90 seconds. He was persuading us to buy the more expensive model of radar detectors. He never mentioned any brand names, and finished by saying that he still got pulled over with a $200 radar detector.

 

[Shawn]

I did mine on not talking on your cell phone while driving. Not very creative but whatever.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Be glad you're getting an education. Some kids have no choice.

 

[0roo0roo]

why every girl in this room should have sex with me.
why i am the greatest
why girls are inferior to men because they have brain size of squirrel

 

[Gooberlx2]

I remember mine was "Don't hold your breath when Scuba Diving."

 

[Modular]

I did a persuasive speech on volunteering. Prof said it was the best they'd ever heard. Go for that!

 

[Oil]

"Why you should smoke"

 

[Squisher]

The relative merits of a 9mm over a .40 cal given the advancements in expanding ammo.

Nothing like a live demonstration. Memorable.

 

[Drako]

Why Global Warming is a good thing!

 

[daniel1113]

I did a persuasive speech supporting concealed carry on my college campus. Before giving my speech, my professor told me flat-out that it wouldn't be a good topic since neither she nor anyone in the class would support it. However, after I was done, I had multiple students that showed interest in the idea, and the professor told me it was one of the best speeches she has ever heard.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Oil
"Why you should smoke"

I already thought about refuting all 3 of those speeches, but just don't have the creative juices this week.

Originally posted by: Squisher
The relative merits of a 9mm over a .40 cal given the advancements in expanding ammo.

Nothing like a live demonstration. Memorable.

Meh, 9mm, 40 s&w, .38 spl, 357 mag, 45 ACP all have their own merits as a practical round. I could spend 10 minutes breaking down each one. There are a few other rounds that could be argued as practical, but that's all I have enough experience with.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
I did a persuasive speech supporting concealed carry on my college campus. Before giving my speech, my professor told me flat-out that it wouldn't be a good topic since neither she nor anyone in the class would support it. However, after I was done, I had multiple students that showed interest in the idea, and the professor told me it was one of the best speeches she has ever heard.

Yeah, I don't feel like getting politcal. Maybe if there were more intelligent people in my class. My teacher would appreciate it though, he's a competitive pistol shooter.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: daniel1113
I did a persuasive speech supporting concealed carry on my college campus. Before giving my speech, my professor told me flat-out that it wouldn't be a good topic since neither she nor anyone in the class would support it. However, after I was done, I had multiple students that showed interest in the idea, and the professor told me it was one of the best speeches she has ever heard.

Yeah, I don't feel like getting politcal. Maybe if there were more intelligent people in my class. My teacher would appreciate it though, he's a competitive pistol shooter.

Yeah, I originally intended to avoid getting political, but no other topic seemed to interest me at the time.

And lucky you... getting a prof that is a shooter.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Why banning women from being topless in public is the worst idea ever (I don't get to see female breasts, but I get to see Hairy Manback's bitch tits? Great...). This isn't actually an issue where I live as women are allowed to be topless in public, but still...

If you want a real challenge, do a persuasive speech on how persuasion is just a subtle form of manipulation, and thereby inherently evil.

 

[rubix]

do a speech on "why everyone in this room is an ugly asshole". good speeches always engage their audience.

 

[Cuda1447]

legalization of marijuana. Controversial, interesting, lots of info on... and its a good thing to persuade people to believe in.

 

[apac]

0.99999... =/!= 1
or the plane will/will not take off

 

[clamum]

It's kind of hard not to get political so as long as you don't go nuts about it I think it would be fine.

You seem to know a good bit about weapons/guns, why not do something on that (like daniel1113 or Squisher's suggestions)? It's always easier to write about and speak about what you know.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: clamum
It's kind of hard not to get political so as long as you don't go nuts about it I think it would be fine.

You seem to know a good bit about weapons/guns, why not do something on that (like daniel1113 or Squisher's suggestions)? It's always easier to write about and speak about what you know.

I'll consider it, especially if I don't think of anything by tomorrow.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Yesterday's topics were.

"Don't smoke because my grandmother died from it"
"Children should be wear school uniforms"
and the winner...
"Don't waste food off of your plate, people are starving"

Painful to sit through

I can't think of anything clever. I'm just gonna wing it no matter what I end up picking.

why manufacturers should make lingerie for children
Why everyone should own an assault rifle (mention Zombie invation)
why parents should have the right to hit their children

and of course:
why you should buy beef in bulk (in alternator size chunks)

 

[Howard]

The impracticalities of xxx martial art in real world situations. Hire some dummies to demonstrate on.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Why banning women from being topless in public is the worst idea ever

Clearly you haven't seen the sorts of women who choose to go topless in areas where it's not banned. Ugh.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Oil
"Why uniformed Children should smoke while throwing food away"

fixed

edit: Doh, I see that someone already thought of it

 

[sandorski]

"Pull my finger"

 

[daveshel]

Don't waste energy on Christmas lights.