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Speech written by Belthagor
Performed by Davin Owen
Audio Engineered by Gherman887


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"When you have children... In the case that you decide to have children after you finish college, find a job, and get married... Why would you hit them? You want them being "The Boss" later on. C. E. O. -of the company. Why would you want them being... submissive? ... My topic is child abuse by the way.


A child doesn't know what it's doing. It's brain isn't fully grown (formed) yet. We mature, yes our brains mature, until were twenty five, which is when our cells start replicating slower and we start dying. Child Abuse doesn't happen in the animal kingdom. Wolves don't do it. Everything seems to work out fine. God, all your accomplishments, and you still have children: who are unsure of how to think for themselves, so they copy the previous generations' way of thinking which leads to complete destruction, of any hope for evolution in society. The older generation's way of thinking was fine... for their time. We need new thinkers. When something is newer, other people don't know how to think, so they're thinking about it, and making new things... unlike old things which no one thinks about anymore. Do you like my speech so far? If I've influenced you, then I've influenced all the people that you'll influence in your lifetime... and so on."


Also available on youtube:
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I like the tone and rhythm of your voice as you're speaking. In my opinion, you could narrate videos and presentations very well. I do think the subject matter was a little scattered and confusing though. You mention the speech is about child abuse but it seems to veer off into evolution and how people think without really explaining how those things relate to the core subject. Overall, good work! Just need to smooth out a few edges.

Belthagor responds:

Sorry for this late explanation. I thought it was obvious but maybe I should explain it. What I meant by the evolution part is that, when a child is age 25, they are a fully mature adult, and due to them beginning to decay, they do not make mistakes, because they are fully grown/formed... but may make mistakes when approaching a very old age, which is when people begin behaving similar to children due to extreme decay. But as a young adult, would logically not make many mistakes, and even when they do make an error, it would have some purpose or benefit in another area of importance.

I like it.

The recording sounds pretty good. I can still pick up some background noise during your speaking but it isn't excessive. As for your speaking I would work a bit on your enunciation; There are a few words you seemed to fumble over, if only slightly.

I'm going to be diving a little on the subjective side now. You should speak up a bit, in most sections you are speaking quite softly, and in others it's almost whispering. There is also very little variance on your inflection, which leads to the speech almost sounding "monotone" in a way.

Edit: Sorry @Belthagor - "Thank you very much for the feedback! I was hoping for feedback on the content as well though. :/"

I am an audio guy and tried to keep focused on that aspect. I'm not a writer so I'm not sure I'd be able to provide adequate criticism on your speech. I'll give it a go,

First off, I agree with the subject matter, that child abuse is bad, I've experienced it, not as bad as others, however. I like the introductory paragraph, and your point with CEOs and submissiveness is interesting. After the intro it falls apart a bit for me.

After a certain point, yes children do in fact know what they are doing, just because they are still developing doesn't mean that they are automatically absolved of breaking the rules. I'm not sure why you mentioned death in that first sentence as well, seemed out of place.

Actually animals, specifically monkeys, have been observed abusing their young, so it's not just a human issue, although it could be localized to hominins. I believe abuse stems from mental issues, which itself can stem from abuse, and it's at least partially, not a conscious choice.

Everything past those initial sentences in your second paragraph really lose focus, and get a little confusing. The next sentence seems to me, to be asking abusers not to have children, which is fair enough I guess. Your next sentence, is about social advancement which doesn't seem to relate to child abuse. This part "...don't know how to think, so they're thinking about it, and making new things... unlike old things which no one thinks about..." is all over the place and very confusing.

The speech ends fine, but I'm mainly left confused and feeling like I didn't learn anything.

Belthagor responds:

Thank you very much for the feedback! I was hoping for feedback on the content as well though. :/

Edit: Alright I will explain it, I can see how it would be confusing, and you explained part of it yourself. Think about these two sentences and how they correlate to eachother: "abuse stems from mental issues, which itself can stem from abuse" and the sentence "all your accomplishments, and you still have children: who are unsure of how to think for themselves (the mental issue), so they copy the previous generations' way of thinking (abuse/discipline their children, but also other things) which leads to complete destruction, of any hope for evolution in society." (I left text in parenthesis to explain it better in-between my sentence.) Hope that clears things up.

Solar-Eudorria responds:

Thank you very much for your feedback!

Your speech is my awesome. ///-///

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