Critical Reasoning

nervesofsteel wrote:24. An unbiased observer of everyday encounters in Western societies would surely not find many instances of unkindness by people under 65 toward people over 65. There are undoubtedly incidents of unkindness based on age, and these warrant reproof. However, the very fact that such reproof occurs and is generally accepted implies that our Western societies basically respect the elderly. The same conclusion can be drawn from a recent survey finding: 71 percent of the under 65 population agreed with the statement that “people over 65 receive too little respect from society”, while only 44 percent of the over-65 population, the target of the alleged irreverence agreed with it.
The author concludes that Western societies basically respect the elderly partly because
(A) people under 65 are just as kind to people over 65 as they are to people of their own age group--no mention as such data neither in the premise nor in conlcusion-eliminate
(B) survey data suggest that fewer people over 65 than under 65 get too little respect-nothing as such mentiond in the conclusion-eliminate
(C) disrespect for the elderly does not go so far as to result in actual harm--there is no mention of any harm only unkindness is mentioned-eliminate
(D) survey data suggest that people over 65 are more aware of incidents involving disrespect to the elderly than are people under 65--no such statistical dat present in the premise or conlcusion to prove this-eliminate
(E) incidents of unkindness to the elderly are neither common nor generally accepted in Western societies--incidents of unkindness warrant reproof why?? because they are not generally accepted


OA E

Please explain the reasoning...