Chapter 14

One of the bigger things that I have learned from Chapter 14 was the speeches on questions of policy. The question of policy by definition is a course of action of how a certain problem should be addressed or solved. This is very interesting through the examples that the book provides us, such as "should consumers buy products made in the United States?" This makes us, the speech givers, realize that the perspective that speech allows us to present is very broad. Whether the question of policy is referring to a change in graffiti laws, or a change in government, it is a way to convince and persuade people into what you believe in. Sometimes through the idea of questioning the policy, government itself takes issues at hand and sees what the public may or may not feel about a certain topic. For example, the government might ask the public if they are happy with the way government is running the health care system, to see if any proper adjustments are required.