Crutches

P1. When someone breaks a leg bone, they use crutches to move around
P2. In order to use crutches, one needs at least one working leg to put their weight on
P3. I broke my right leg and sprained my left ankle. My left ankle is severely bruised and painful
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C. I cannot use crutches properly to move around

Thanksgiving's Date Should Move

I wanted to find a Thanksgiving related argument, and came up with something fascinating.

P1. Thanksgiving is held in November
P2. The first Thanksgiving was held in October
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C. We should move Thanksgiving from November to October, and move Halloween from October to November.

Or at least the author of the article says so. http://www.americanwaymag.com/thanksgiving-lime-green-rubber-thing-food-halloween

I did a bit of research, and found out that All Hallows Eve - or Halloween - actually takes place on November 1st. So the switch would actually make sense.

Skyrim

So on the 11th of this month, the next game in the Elder Scrolls series was released - Skyrim.

Since then, I have made the following discovery.

P1. The majority if my friends on facebook mentioned how much they love Skyrim
P2. The guy at Gamestop said that all he has heard all day from customers is "Skyrim"
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C. Skyrim is most likely addictive and popular

Frozen Fish

Logic from around 11 years ago.

P1.When something in water gets too cold, it freezes.
P2. When something frozen gets to hot, it melts.
P3.My brother accidentally froze his pet fish
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C. He must boil the frozen fish to unfreeze it

Don't you love the logic of a 7 year old?

Management

Here is my essay topic in argument form.

P1. Many people do not judge managerial qualities equally in men and women.
P2. There are gender differences in managerial style, but they don't add up to evidence that one gender is better than the other.

C. You can not judge the quality of managers based on their gender.

Suggestions?  Thoughts?

Grandpa?

So this is kind of like the "a tree falls in a forest, but nobody was there to see it, did it make a sound?" question...

P1. I am my father's daughter.
P2. My father is his father's son.
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I am the granddaughter of my father's father.

Right? But my father's father died when my father was in his teens. I'm named after him in fact! But because I never met him, what do I call him? Logically and biologically, he IS my grandpa, but since I never met him, I sometimes call him "your dad", "dad's dad" or "Sam". But is that right? Should I call him "grandpa"? What's your opinion?

Schmesier vs Monsanto

I had to write about this for my Microeconomics class. It’s an argument between a farmer and the company Monsanto and their GMO (genetic modified organisms) canola.

P1. The canola was planted in Schmeriser’s neighboring farmers fields after making an agreement with Monsanto (patented).

P2. Because of a storm, the canola got onto Schmeiser’s field and destroyed everything.

P3. Schmeiser did not make an agreement with Monsanto to have any canola on his field.

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C. Monsanto can sue Schmeiser for having their canola on his field.

And sue Monsanto did. Even though Schmeiser didn't want the seeds on his field and he didn't willingly let them on the field, Monsanto still sued them. Good news is that Schmeiser came out on top, but more events with the company happened latter. That's another story for another time.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/17/percy_schmeiser_vs_monsanto_the_story