Originally Posted by Xee

Not sure if this in the right forum, if not, mods, feel free to move it.

For my last speech in my speech class, we have to do a 6- minute persuasive speech on something that "concerns us." I wanted to do something that would interest the rest of the class and also be interesting to research. So for my topic, I chose "I believe everyone should have some kind of self-defense training" and now I have to "persuade" them. To do this, I need to have three main points. That's where I'm a little stuck on. So far, here's what I thought I'd cover:

1.) The ethics of self-defense - Philosophical/moral justifications
2.) The likeliness of being attacked - Statistical data; real-life accounts
3.) The benefits of self-defense - The benefits; more real-life accounts

The only one I'm not sure about is number 2, mainly because I haven't researched at all the likeliness of being attacked. Still, I think I can argue it.

Anyone have any feedback or suggestions? Think I pretty much covered all the bases?