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Stop Censorship

Stop Censorship

SPECIFIC GOAL: I want my audience to step up and stop censorship.

INTRODUCTION

I. (Attention getter): How are you all doing tonight? We have a problem! A problem that some of us don't even know exist. I beg you all to pay attention to your surrounding. The life we live today is in jeopardy. What we do today, or better yet what we don't do can have detrimental results in due time.    
                                                                         
   
    II.             (Credibility statement): I have researched this topic a great deal. You might  
                    not know it by name. But this topic affects all of us sitting in this room. We        
                    can not continue to ignore this issue.
                                                         
  III. THESIS: Today I am going to make you aware of the topic of censorship. I want      
      you to not support government agencies and politicians that support censorship.

BODY

I. (first main point) the first amendment of the Bill of Rights states: Congress shall
  make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
  thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of press; or the right of people      
  peaceably to assemble, and petition the government for a redress of grievances.

    A. It seems to me that this is a very clear statement that has been written in stone.                            
        Who has the right to change the Bill of Rights? Last time I checked no one had the
          right to do this.

      B. The first amendment guaruntess the liberty of freedom of speech and press. So    
            why is this an issue? What if Dr. King was not allowed to speak out  
            against slavery? What if the press was not allowed to cover the Million Man
            March? Where would we be today? I am sure glad I don't have the answer to that...