First I'd like to talk about my persuasive subjects just a bit. It was hard for me to choose a persuasive topic for this class. Not because I don't have strong beliefs about anything...but I'm starting to feel burnt out trying to express some of them. I am always wanting to make arguements against abortion and laws pertaining to family issues. But I have used those topics SO many times that I've become drained of them. Thinking about some of these issues actually gets me very stressed out because they are near and dear to me.

For my first speech I ended up going with genetic engineering. It's not such an immediate issue that it makes my head spin but it is something I'm concerned about. At this point, no one can say that it's definately good or definately bad...we don't know much of ANYTHING about it really...but yet we're experimenting with it and applying it to everyday life. I don't think that's right. My speech is to get the point across that we're not ready for genetic engineering. We don't know the consequences of it, so we need to wait until we do before we decide how to use it or IF we even should use it.