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Speech topic ideas

Author:  Amailer [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:36 pm ]
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Hey,
I need help on a topic for my speech, can be about anything... just not to big of a topic if you know what i mean, doesn't matter what age it's ment for... just no adult stuff...

thanks ;D
( yes, it's for school but i just need the topic...rest is up to me to do..*duh* )

Author:  Paul [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:39 pm ]
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The cheesy stuff like how I can change the world

Humorous stuff like beliefs, santa claus, or maybe personal experiences

profound stuff like the meaning of life

blah blah blah.

Author:  Amailer [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:16 pm ]
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Paul Bian wrote:
The cheesy stuff like how I can change the world

Humorous stuff like beliefs, santa claus, or maybe personal experiences

profound stuff like the meaning of life

blah blah blah.


well, all those stuff are boring and beliefs is too huge of a topic... need to narrow it down

Author:  Tony [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:24 pm ]
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what about the "fuck everyone" speach from the 25th hour? Laughing

Author:  Amailer [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 10:42 pm ]
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im serious here Evil or Very Mad

Author:  Maverick [ Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:18 pm ]
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Some good ones i have heard:
Hazing
Spam - the food not the activity
Terrorism - could be a good one

Author:  Delos [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:12 pm ]
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Stereotypes and the Police

Snow and Rain: is ON or BC better off?

The Remix. Easy money or artistic reexpression?

The Day the Mountains Spoke (this could be a bit of nice fiction, if it's allowed).

Author:  Cervantes [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:47 pm ]
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you could do it on Vimy Ridge! or on Passchendael.

Author:  Paul [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:51 pm ]
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lol maybe if this was a history speech but it might not be... you could talk about how the world wars affected Canada's position in the world though...

Author:  jonos [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:58 pm ]
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-the effect the invention of nuclear weapons has had on the world
-nuclear fission
-nuclear power
-history of computers
-book analysis (like brave new world, 1984, utopia)
-the evolution of communist thought (through thomas more (maybe earlier) allthe way to engles/marx and past them)
-lynching in america
-slavery
-juno beach/d-day
-hitler biography
-rise and fall of nazi germany
-the holocaust
-facts supporting the holocaust is a lie (this will make you look like an idiot)
-the impact of modern technology on warfare
-journalism
-the war in iraq
-the first gulf war
-a famous author
-fascism
-the evolution of the marble
-evolution of stringed instruments through history
-the guiness book of records
-a profound experience
-a famous person
-christopher columbus
-nintendo
-impact of video games on this generation

the posibilites are endless, maybe if im not trying to work on an english project i will get more :/

Author:  poly [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:25 pm ]
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- Could talk about labelling in schools like being COOL etc
- ways you could make sports more interesting
- Birds and the bee's (make it funny too)
- talk about music's impact
- just go all random!

Author:  jonos [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:50 pm ]
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-the physics involved in flicking of a light switch

Author:  Paul [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:34 pm ]
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Damn it guys, he's serious, better make it the physics in inserting A(foot) in B(mouth).

Author:  jonos [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:36 pm ]
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or the anatomy of the penis

Author:  PaddyLong [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:49 pm ]
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about how religion (christianity/european religions mostly) is the root of a lot of the problems in the world ... link it in with how technology has developed and our conquering nature... and compare to simpler (native maybe) ways of life

Author:  Dan [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:14 pm ]
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PaddyLong wrote:
about how religion (christianity/european religions mostly) is the root of a lot of the problems in the world ... link it in with how technology has developed and our conquering nature... and compare to simpler (native maybe) ways of life


i think that is the best idea yet, alougth the technology part is not comply true. i think that tecnology has not effect on anything it's self it is how it is used that makes the effect.

Author:  Amailer [ Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:18 pm ]
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PaddyLong wrote:
about how religion (christianity/european religions mostly) is the root of a lot of the problems in the world ... link it in with how technology has developed and our conquering nature... and compare to simpler (native maybe) ways of life


hey not a bad idea...

Author:  Cervantes [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:04 am ]
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nice paddlylong, i was thinking about that a few days ago.
in my opinion, religions biggest contribution to the world is death. Christians go to church and learn about things like tolerance and forgiveness, but when you get fanatical Christians (bush) or fanatacs of other religions (bin Laden, for example) we end up with wars and death. I bet you most wars that have swept this world are initiated in some distinct way by religion. I'm not talking about large wars necessarily though, smaller, less well known wars such as in Africa involving the tootsies (sp) and other ethnic tribes.

Author:  jonos [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:11 am ]
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there are fanatical christians - look at the and the 1600s where prodistants did some crazy stuff to the catholics (papists), a good example was charles II movie on a and e that was on a few days ago. the jewish people have to use war to defend themselves for if they didn't there would be no israel.

id have to disagree with you about bush being a fanatical christian, he hasn't done anything in the name of his faith for all i know. hes done it in the name of his morals and what he believes is right, which is not religion.

not all christians are tolerant and forgiving, i am a catholic and i know for a fact that many many are arrogant just because they are catholic and they are hipocrites.

religion is a good idea its just what individuals do to it that screws it up.

Author:  Amailer [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 8:21 am ]
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tons of people say they are catholic, but really they don't belive in it... they hardly even follow the catholic church (they don't go to church)

Author:  jonos [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:52 am ]
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now in america, more than 50% of people go to church on a regular basis, even though they have a lot of porn and other stuff, where in canada a lot less than that go to church

Author:  Dan [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:47 pm ]
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region it's self it nothing bad it is orgaised regionl that starts going down hill fast. when u get a gorup of poleop together that bivle they are better then other b/c there blifes are right nothing good can happen. (and even tho many say "i dont think i am better", they still bivle they will go to a better place in an affter life then the person who dose not bivle witch is think of them selves better.)

Author:  PaddyLong [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:58 pm ]
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it's the organised religions like christianity that force themselves on other cultures that's the problem. like the christian europeans coming over to north america and destroying the native culture, etc. and even in modern times, with the christian missionaries in africa... look at all the drugs and pollution they have brought with them... africa used to be native cultures that were surviving in their own way.

Author:  Cervantes [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:49 pm ]
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I don't think Christianity was spread because it is "an organised religion that forces istelf on other cultures". I think it spread because Britain and France were two countries that explored and settled new colonies more than other countries.
Britain, being an island, has always wanted colonies in places around the world to increase their wealth. When you have a British colony surrounded by Native peoples, it is a good idea to try to convert them (not saying its good for everyone, but its good for British). You'll have stronger ties with the Native peoples.
I think that spreading their religion to other cultures was a scheme in most cases, nor did they force their ideologies upon others. I think it just sort of happened. In most places that Britain explored, a portion of the natives converted to christianity (Hurons did not at all).

Anyways, the first problem that I think we all agree is religions conflicting with other religions: where people believe they are superior to others and feel obligated to convert others into their religion.
That's not really a problem though. People can try to convert others all they want, they can force nothing. If one does not wish to convert, one won't, and that's that. However, the problem comes in when disputes arise between religious sects and religious leaders. Then when the disputes escalate iinto fighting, both sides call for war in the name of their god. hatreds between different religious cultures never really die down.
But why does religion cause more disputes than something like, boarder disputes? or does it?

Author:  Amailer [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:57 pm ]
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you know what's the worst part? when your religion says that you have to kill to project your religion...

Author:  jonos [ Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:34 pm ]
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someone said something about organized religious people thinking they are better and will go to a better place. id have to wholeheartedly disagree with that, and i think that your opinion on this is based on ignorance, no offence. i am catholic, and i do not believe that i am better than anyone else on this site or in this world (except maybe paulbian), and i also do not believe that i will go to a better place after i die. i have never thought that and i am quite quite sure that no one else at my church believes that. i believe that religion is for personal satisfaction, and the only religions that i know of who believe they are the only people to be "saved" after death are the jehovah's witness and the people who believe in the "rapture" or something like that, and maybe the mormons and i think certain moslems. but to say that everyone who belongs to a religion believes themselves above others is just ignorant and without a complete understanding of the workings and beliefs of that religion.

Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 12:18 pm ]
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It's seems to be that middle eastern religions cause more problems and fighting in the world today than do european and western religions. I think everyone will agree with that. However, flash back and take a look at ancient times until the middle ages. Britain and France were at war with each other so many times.. hundred years war, for example. Look at ireland!!
If today, middle eastern religions cause more problems, why? Is it because they're religions are more geared towards violence than western religions? Or is it the people themselves that are geared towards violence? Is it just because the middle east is only recently been opened up to the world as we become more of a "global village"? Why do Middle Eastern religions and cultures seem to cause more problems in the world today than do western religions and cultures?

Author:  Paul [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 12:32 pm ]
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Cervantes wrote:
Why do Middle Eastern religions and cultures seem to cause more problems in the world today than do western religions and cultures?


Eh? wha? part of the problem in the middle east is between the israelies and palestinians, we all know THAT problem was caused by America and Britain.

Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 12:38 pm ]
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precisely. so who's to blame? USA for siding with isreal? or the palestinians and the israelies for continueing to fight on and on with each other?
And,
do western and european religions still cause disputes, fighting, and wars?

Author:  Dan [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:49 pm ]
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Cervantes wrote:

do western and european religions still cause disputes, fighting, and wars?


yes all the time. just look at bush and his cirstion coaltion.

Author:  jonos [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:21 pm ]
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i don't know where you get the hair-brained idea that bush is "being used" by the christian coalition. is there any proof to support this?

the problem with the middle east is that they are so anti-semitic that they are blinded by it. im sure if you thought that everyone else was infidels and that you were the best faith in the world, yet all the other religions (especially judaism) have all had countries that prosper really well. isreal is by far the richest country in the middle east, so would you not be jealous?

and you can't just blame the us for the creation of isreal, it was all the world's superpowers after wwII.

the jewish people have always used the land that is now israel more effectively than the arabs who lived there before. in the late 1800s many jewish people came to "reclaim and cultivate jewish soil" in what was called the first aliyah, which was before hitler and his final solution. they wanted to escape anti semitism in eastern europe (especially czarist russia), so they created little communities. im reading a book and though the first aliyah (first wave of people) did not make too much an impression and make very prosperous communities, i believe that the second aliyah did. israel only bombs palestinians because the ones they do bomb are terrorists, who kill jewish civilians (including children and babies) as well as manipulate young boys and teenagers to blow themselves up while proclaiming that they [hamas] are righteous and al lthat bullshit. isreal does not target palestinian regular civilians, they target the terrorists who will not give up the impossible fight of destroying israel.

dan, if you are saying there is a link between bush and the christian coalition just because bush opposes gay marriage, that is not correct, opposition of gay and lesbian marriage is universally a conservative stand point.

id have to blame hamas for the violence in the middle east, just because if they would stop blowing themselves up (or manipulating others to do it), then israel would stop killing their hamas leaders.

someone back me up here, im the only right wing person defending stuff.

Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:04 pm ]
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Dan's right about the US causing problems. but it is hard to know why he causes problems. I guess its a mixture of religion and other things such as oil, (Operation Iraqi Liberation)

Author:  Dan [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:54 pm ]
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I am saying bush is part of the cirstion coliton b/c there is hard evidence that the hole Republicans party has reations with them. Bush also has strong tiles with them. but who know how true anthing is in politcs thess days.

Any way this hole topic is going no where, so lets get back to speach topics.

Author:  jonos [ Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:05 pm ]
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good idea:
-corruption in politics
-forms of government (democracy, communism, dictatorships, theocracy)
-evolution of democracy
-a king
-the origins of modern english

Author:  Cervantes [ Sun Mar 28, 2004 12:56 pm ]
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Amailer have you picked your topic yet so we can keep talking about the problems of various religions and cultures?

Author:  Amailer [ Sun Mar 28, 2004 7:44 pm ]
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Im doing on RIAA :S teacher won't let me do on the religion thing... hmm says something about no one will like it (boring in other words..) idk why, but all my speches that i have done are boring (to them)Very Happy
Human cyborg
Cloning
Worm/Black holes in space... some other stuff bal bal Very Happy


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