Position Post ideas

There are two ideas that I am considering for my next paper. The first would be prohibiting smoking in public places. I this think this would be a good topic because people generally have strong feelings either to allow the smoking in public or to make it illegal. My position is to make it illegal because the smell of cigarette smoke makes me extremely ill, and any activity that is being done that is making others ill or endangering other peoples lives, should be restricted.

The other idea that I am considering is the incident of the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette’s instigation of this historical event. I think this would be a good topic for me because I am a history major and am extremely interested in the history of France. I think that most people feel that Marie Antoinette was a key player in the French Revolution beginning and the eventual the downfall of the monarchy of France. My position is that Marie Antoinette did not bring about the French Revolution but was merely a pawn in an unstable government with unsatisfied French citizens.