Mick qualified his claim, stating: "The main reasons young men join a gang would seem to be to family disintegration, lack of education, and lack of job opportunity." The reasonable listener would conclude that Mick _____.

A) has overstated his case
B) has underestimated the importance of the cause he has identified
C) lacks true conviction in his claim
D) is being reasonably cautious in making his claim

Ans: D) is being reasonably cautious in making his claim

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