My previous blog showed how it is important to keep yourself involved when writing the arguments for the second paper. Although you are leaving yourself out by avoiding any first-person pronouns, you want to speak (and write) as though you are embracing the argument you are presenting. Here is an example of what you should aim for:
Position Statement: Euthanasia is an inhumane solution for dog population management.
Side A: Euthanasia is killing a dog, and it is inhumane and unjust to kill a dog simply because there are too many dogs in this country. Euthanasia is not considered an acceptable form of population management for people, so it should not be considered acceptable for dogs.
A dog should not be held responsible for poor owners because a dog cannot choose its owners, yet euthansia means any dog with owners who fail to keep their pets from shelters, fail to offer a safe home, or fail to teach the dog proper aggression management will be put to sleep. In California, a dog can legally be euthanized after living in a shelter for only seven days. This law means that dogs are given one week to have their lives saved while they wait helplessly behind the bars of a cage.
The dog population will continue to grow as long as there are breeders, puppy mills, and other pet owners who may not wish to breed but do not spay and neuter their pets. One humane solution would be to reduce the possibility of the population increasing rather than to kill the dogs that have already been given life. Before resorting to euthanasia, new laws should be in place regarding the people responsible for creating the excessive population.
Side B: Euthanasia is killing a dog, but it is a necessary method. There are currently ten cats and dogs for every one human in the United States, and it is simply not possible to provide homes or shelters for them all.
If a dog is not euthanized after it is put in a shelter, it will have to live in captivity for an unknown period of time. Dogs can also only live for so long in captivity before they start developing anger and aggression issues, and it would be inhumane to wait till a dog reaches that point before taking them to the inevitable step of euthanasia.
If these dogs are not taken to shelters, they will be living on the streets. Many breeds are not meant to be feral, so these dogs will still be reliant on people for food, water, and medicine. If the dogs are not taken care of and do not have regular interaction with people, they will likely develop more aggression problems out of fear and hunger. Wild dogs will result in unsafe streets, but euthanasia is one way to minimize the number of homeless dogs in our neighborhoods.
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Notice the change in this position paper. Each side appears as though it is the position of the writer. Additionally, each side is broken down into paragraphs to separate the catagories of the arguments. The position statement is separate from each side, and the entire paper is free of introductions and conclusions. PLEASE NOTE: You should use these examples as tips for your own paper. You should also note that although some paragraphs in thes examples only include one or two sentences, they are only here as a small version of your completed paper. In other words, you must still follow the standard rule of at least three sentences per paragraph.
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