Yolanda: Gaining access to computers without authorization and manipul

Yolanda: Gaining access to computers without authorization and manipulating the data and programs they contain is comparable to joyriding in stolen cars; both involve breaking into private property and treating it recklessly. Joyriding, however, is the more dangerous crime because it physically endangers people, whereas only intellectual property is harmed in the case of computer crimes.

Arjun: I disagree! For example, unauthorized use of medical records systems in hospitals could damage data systems on which human lives depend, and therefore computer crimes also cause physical harm to people.

The reasoning in Arjun’s response is flawed because he


(A) fails to maintain a distinction made in Yolanda’s argument

(B) denies Yolanda’s conclusion without providing evidence against it

(C) relies on the actuality of a phenomenon that he has only shown to be possible

(D) mistakes something that leads to his conclusion for something that is necessary for his conclusion

(E) uses as evidence a phenomenon that is inconsistent with his own conclusion