Question ID:PT88 S2 Q12 Passage:Bauer: It is a mistake to criticize the city for being overzealous in its issuance of parking tickets. Can you imagine how much worse parking would be if parking regulations were not enforced? Stem:The reasoning in Bauer‚ s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:misrepresents a criticism about the consequences of a practice as a criticism about the intrinsic value of the practice Choice B:takes for granted that a certain authority should be respected merely because it is an authority Choice C:takes for granted that a particular practice is good simply because it is the way things have traditionally been done Choice D:confuses the cause of a certain phenomenon for an effect of that phenomenon Choice E:defends the current situation merely by suggesting its superiority to an implausible alternative