Current motion pictures give children a distorted view of the world. Animated
features depict animals as loyal friends, compassionate creatures, and tender
souls,
while "spaghetti Westerns" portray men and women as deceitful and treacherous,
cruel and wanton, hard and uncaring. Thus, children are taught to value animals
more
highly than other human beings.


Which of the following, if true, would weaken the author's conclusion?

I. Children are not allowed to watch "spaghetti Westerns."
II. The producers of animated features do not want children to regard animals
as higher than human beings.
III. Ancient fables, such as Androcles and the Lion, tell stories of the
cooperation between humans and animals, and they usually end with a moral about
human virtue.

A) I only
B) II only
C) I and II only
D) III only
E) I, II, and III