what are some good persuasive topics?

you could talk about how being able to read music is important or anything just pick a side and stick to it one of my friends picked why it is beinficail to wear underwear he got an A it doesn't matter how stupid it sounds just as long as you pick a side also pick the easier side to defend no matter what you actaual feelings may be

There is so many such as contraceptive sex education, abortion, the new health care bill, death penalty or somethign less political such as mac or microsoft or why True Religion is better than Guess Jeans. Just write about your stance on something you are passionate about that you know other people will debate you on.

is punk music a valid form of musical expression? is music as a form of political expression worth the trade-off of putting that expression in the hands of (sometimes drastically) unskilled musicians?

is modern popular music a valid form of musical expression, or is it simply a product that's designed to appeal to the current market?

should the use of samples and recycled melody lines in music be allowed without regard to copyright laws? would culture benefit from relaxing all copyright laws in order to allow artists to borrow from any and all existing musical recordings to create new sounds?