Bunuel
Jan: People should not go to the new exhibition of Thornton’s paintings. Thornton will be given a portion of the admission proceeds and Thornton, a violent sociopath, should not be supported.
Kim: Your recommendation is inconsistent with your actions, because you read poems by poets who also were violent sociopaths.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest basis for Jan to counter Kim’s argument?
(A) Thornton’s portion of the exhibition’s proceeds are being donated to a
cause deemed worthy by Thornton.(B) It is quite difficult, if not impossible, for Jan to
discover the behavioral tendencies of the artists Jan reads.
(C) Kim does not
use products made by companies whose hiring practices Kim finds abhorrent(D) The
poets derived no benefit from Jan’s reading their poems.(E) The
poets’ violent behavior is better known to the public than is Thornton’s violent behavior.Jan : People should not support T by visiting his exhibition as he is a violent sociopath.
Kim : Counters by stating that Jan reads poems of violent socipath poets.
Reading peoms-------------Visiting exhibition {Catch must be somewhere herein}
(A) deemed worthy by Thornton - Out of scope, we are not concerned whether considered by Thornton or not.
(B) discover the behavioral tendencies of the artists Jan reads - Out of scope, discovery about personality is not atter of concern here.
(C) Irrelevant as" products made by companies whose hiring practices Kim finds abhorrent" is of no use to the discussion.
(E) poets’ violent behavior is better known to the public than is Thornton’s violent behavior - is no use to the discussion.
(D) The poets derived no benefit from Jan’s reading their poems,
The mission part here will be - " The poets derived no benefit from Jan’s reading their poems but the exhibition will derive benefits to Thornton ",
Hence Answer must be (D)