Topic for a Speech - any ideas?

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ok I have one! How about....


Should Humans Live Near Tectonically Active Areas?

Would tie in nicely with the Haiti crisis and how Turkey is llikely to suffer another earthquake soon!

😀

you could compare it with highway death rates.

reduce to "should people build Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in earthquake zones?"

Originally posted by FMF
"Things that cannot be achieved in full do not exist. Nor does the striving to acheive them."

Here's a topic that doesn't nearly get as much attention as it should. Talk about agricultural subsidies, and try to estimate how many people die as a result of them.

here's a topic: using the "forum" format (such as this one) as a tool in the classroom. Much better than the old-fashioned "raise your hand and wait for Godot" format.