Monday, November 3, 2008

Argument Brainstorm


This blog is differnt than most. This is a brainstorm blog. Coming up with a topic to argue about is more difficult than one might think. I seem to argue a lot so I thought this would be a breeze; wow was I wrong. There are many topics that I could argue about. How cigarettes are not good for any one person, how pit bulls are not bad dogs but actually extremely nice, how all teenagers should have to take a sex ed class, how skaters are not to be labeled as stoners and troublemakers. There are more than imaginable arguments I can think of. Some may bring up a fuss with people and some might seem like a bore. But it’s an argument, there is no right or wrong to it.
It’s just not an easy topic to take one argument and only go one way with it for, say three to five, pages. No matter what you have to argue it’s pretty hard to go 110% with it one way. You may be for one certain thing but someone or something can make your mind think and make you want to head the other way with it. And then you have the fact that is it an argument that someone may actually want to read about it, is it something someone might have some interest in, is it something someone wants to counter argue; so many different questions to think about when picking one specific argument.
But the main reason you should pick the topic you want most, is because of the passion you have for this specific topic. You have to be very passionate for it, and have strong thoughts about it; if you just aren’t that into it your paper will not be that great.

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