Directions: In the question a statement is given, followed by two arguments, I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given arguments, if any, is a strong argument. Statement: Should Chinese crackers be banned? Argument I: No, China will be hurt by this decision. Argument II: Yes, crackers kill insects.
Neither I nor II is strong.
A strong argument must be directly relevant, substantial, and rooted in the country's own interest.
Argument I ("China will be hurt") considers the exporting nation's loss, not the importing country's welfare, so it is weak. Argument II ("crackers kill insects") raises a trivial, tangential effect rather than the real concerns of pollution, noise, or safety, so it is also weak.
Hence neither I nor II is strong.
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