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The threatened prosecution of businesses flying 20-by-38-foot garrison flags, which are traditionally to be flown on national holidays, instead of the smaller post flags, which can be flown at any time, is unconscionable. Legal technicalities of this sort should never restrict patriotic expression.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Many people find the garrison flags’ size to be distracting and ill suited to neighborhood aesthetics.
(B) The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
(C) The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
(D) The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
(E) The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?
(A) Many people find the garrison flags’ size to be distracting and ill suited to neighborhood aesthetics.
(B) The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
(C) The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
(D) The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
(E) The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.
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(A) Many people find the garrison flags’ size to be distracting and ill suited to neighborhood aesthetics.
This says people don’t like the big flags because they look bad and distract. It gives a reason to limit the flags, but it doesn’t directly attack the idea that the businesses are being patriotic or that rules shouldn’t apply to patriotic acts. It’s a weak reason against the argument.
(B) The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
This says businesses fly big flags to get more customers, not to show patriotism. The argument says it’s wrong to prosecute because flying flags is patriotic. If businesses aren’t doing it for patriotism but for business, then the argument’s main reason (patriotism shouldn’t be restricted) falls apart. This strongly weakens the argument.
(C) The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
This says it’s hard and takes time to change flags on the right days. But this doesn’t say why prosecution is okay or if businesses aren’t patriotic. It just says it’s tough to follow the rules, which doesn’t directly weaken the idea that patriotic expression should be allowed.
(D) The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
This says the rules about flags are old and respected. It suggests the rules might be important, but it doesn’t say why they should stop patriotic expression. It also doesn’t challenge if the businesses are patriotic. It’s not a strong reason to support prosecution over patriotism.
(E) The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.
This says customers don’t understand what the flag size means. But the argument is about the businesses’ patriotic expression, not what customers think. It doesn’t say businesses aren’t patriotic or why rules should apply. It doesn’t weaken the argument much.
Option B weakens the argument the most by showing businesses fly flags to attract customers, not for patriotism, so the argument’s reason (protecting patriotic expression) doesn’t hold.
Answer: B
This says people don’t like the big flags because they look bad and distract. It gives a reason to limit the flags, but it doesn’t directly attack the idea that the businesses are being patriotic or that rules shouldn’t apply to patriotic acts. It’s a weak reason against the argument.
(B) The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
This says businesses fly big flags to get more customers, not to show patriotism. The argument says it’s wrong to prosecute because flying flags is patriotic. If businesses aren’t doing it for patriotism but for business, then the argument’s main reason (patriotism shouldn’t be restricted) falls apart. This strongly weakens the argument.
(C) The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
This says it’s hard and takes time to change flags on the right days. But this doesn’t say why prosecution is okay or if businesses aren’t patriotic. It just says it’s tough to follow the rules, which doesn’t directly weaken the idea that patriotic expression should be allowed.
(D) The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
This says the rules about flags are old and respected. It suggests the rules might be important, but it doesn’t say why they should stop patriotic expression. It also doesn’t challenge if the businesses are patriotic. It’s not a strong reason to support prosecution over patriotism.
(E) The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.
This says customers don’t understand what the flag size means. But the argument is about the businesses’ patriotic expression, not what customers think. It doesn’t say businesses aren’t patriotic or why rules should apply. It doesn’t weaken the argument much.
Option B weakens the argument the most by showing businesses fly flags to attract customers, not for patriotism, so the argument’s reason (protecting patriotic expression) doesn’t hold.
Answer: B
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statement: businesses should be allowed to host flag of certain size as this is a patriotic expression.
Question : weaken statement
Answer: anything that says this act is not patriotic but has other hidden agenda will weaken this argument and option B, which says the hosting of flag is to attract customers not other reason.
option B
Question : weaken statement
Answer: anything that says this act is not patriotic but has other hidden agenda will weaken this argument and option B, which says the hosting of flag is to attract customers not other reason.
option B
