Blog 20: Quote Integration

                After speaking with the teacher about my argument on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and how the episode “Inca Mummy Girl” brings up the question of what the cost of life is, I decided that I should change the argument up a little bit.  I found what I was doing a little bit confusing so I decided to base it off of Buffy instead of the mummy girl, Empada.  I will be arguing the fact that Buffy kills vampires and it is accepted by everyone.  I understand that to kill a vampire is nothing like killing a human being which is why I would like to argue the difference of killing someone who is innocent, and someone who is guilty of a crime such as someone who has been sentenced to the death penalty.  This will be my real world example.

                In the article, “Should We Put the Death Penalty on the Chopping Block?” I came across many quotes that help to make my argument.  One quote that I really liked was what the author decided to put quote by Maryland’s governor Martin O’ Malley

“The death penalty is fundamentally and irredeemably incompatible with the most important foundational truths of our republic [and] the fundamental civil and human rights bestowed on humankind by God.”  (Dellapiana, 4) This quote is good because it explains so much that is wrong with the death penalty in just one sentence.  This quote helps me argue that the death penalty goes against the foundational truths of this country, the fundamental civil and human rights, and the religious view on the death penalty.  I look forward to incorporating this quote into my paper because I believe it will give me so much to write about.  It will also help argue my point a little easier.