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LSAT Question: alcohol consumption

by sachin_Anand » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:28 am
The government should enact a bill that would prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol on commuter trains. Recently, the state, exercising its legitimate authority, passed a law to protect the health of commuters by prohibiting smoking on the commuter line. When intoxicated riders get off the train, get in their cars, and drive, the public is exposed to at least as much danger as are nonsmoking rail passengers who are forced to inhale cigarette smoke.
In arguing that alcohol consumption on commuter trains should be banned, the author relies on
(A) the fact that drinking alcohol is dangerous to one's health
(B) the principle that people need to be protected from their own actions
(C) the use of emotionally charged descriptions of smoking and drinking alcohol
(D) the reader's sympathy for the problems of commuters
(E) a comparison between the effects of smoking and the effects of drinking alcohol

OA : E
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by shovan85 » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:13 pm
sachin_Anand wrote:The government should enact a bill that would prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol on commuter trains. Recently, the state, exercising its legitimate authority, passed a law to protect the health of commuters by prohibiting smoking on the commuter line. When intoxicated riders get off the train, get in their cars, and drive, the public is exposed to at least as much danger as are nonsmoking rail passengers who are forced to inhale cigarette smoke.
In arguing that alcohol consumption on commuter trains should be banned, the author relies on
(A) the fact that drinking alcohol is dangerous to one's health
(B) the principle that people need to be protected from their own actions
(C) the use of emotionally charged descriptions of smoking and drinking alcohol
(D) the reader's sympathy for the problems of commuters
(E) a comparison between the effects of smoking and the effects of drinking alcohol
Last line is the clue (Bold Part)
This means author wants the Alcohol consumption should be banned as the Smoking has been. In the last statement author is clearly saying, Public xeposed to danger (of accidents by intoxicated driving people) = Public(non-smoking) forced to inhale cigg smoke.

Only E says so.
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