Developing YOUR Argument (late due to absence)

1. My position is that I am against declawing cats because it is an unnecessary procedure and I want to persuade cat owners to seek other alternatives.

2. My audience is directly focused towards cat-owners as this is who this argument pertains to.

3. I appeal their pathos in my position because it correlates with cat- owners wanting to keep their felines from harm, and declawing goes against that idea.

4. My audience should see me as a reliable persona because I have experience with this issue and can directly relate to emanates of this position.

5. People should not declaw their cats because there are plenty of other cost-effective ways of preventing scratching, and this procedure is not worth risking your cat to phantom pain months post-procedure.

6. A good point the other side of this argument makes is this method is the only quick solution to unwanted scratching.

7. I rebuttal that point by admitting those points and then asking if the owners' inconvenience is worth potentially putting their animal through pain.

8. Another point the rebuttal makes is that declawing is the only permanent solution to scratching.

9. I counter act this argument by describing other solutions; although they might not be permanent, there are more long term options.

10. The beneficiaries to this change would be the cats because this change would eliminate pain being put on the animals for the owner's benefit. However, cat owners would partially benefit because they will have saved money other wise spent on a procedure that was not necessary.