The government has recently been severely criticized for its decision to block access to a few websites on which malicious information and photographs were being posted. The government has responded to this criticism by stating that while it believes in freedom of speech and expression, this was an emergency and in such situations, you have to cut off the source of the problem.

In the argument given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?


A) The first describes a reaction to an action and the second describes an action taken in response to this reaction

B) The first is a criticism that the argument disagrees with; the second is the point of view that the argument supports

C) The first is the point of view of a group of people and the second attacks this point of view

D) The first provides a counterpoint to the argument’s conclusion; the second is that conclusion

E) The first provides the criticism of an action and the second provides justification for the necessity of taking that action
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