Debate: Should It Be Illegal to Declaw Your Cat?
With legislation pending, New York could become the first state to make removing the claws of a cat a crime.

Claim: It should be illegal to declaw your cat
Reason: People in other countries keep cats as pets and don't practice the barbaric ritual of declawing them.
Warrant 0: other countries are willing to do what is necessary in the modern world
Warrant 1: other countries are not willing to do what is necessary in the modern world
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: It should be illegal to declaw your cat
Reason: They need to use their claws for defense and instinct.
Warrant 0: we are still in the wild
Warrant 1: we are no longer in the wild
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: It should be illegal to declaw your cat
Reason: Declawing is really amputating the toe, forcing the cat to walk on their phlanges, which are not meant to be fully weight bearing.
Warrant 0: fully mobile cats are helpful to the ecosphere
Warrant 1: fully mobile cats are harmful to the ecosphere
Correct warrant: 0