How about a bullet? This oft-repeated line of Elizabeth Whelan is an example of her ability to blind herself with selective outrage. She has railed against tobacco for decades now. As such, she is certainly no stranger to the fact that the ability for medical science to explain a disease process lags far behind its ability to recognize that the process is there and what triggers it. Her selective outrage toward the tobacco industry sharply wanes in the face of other industries that manufacture products that are harmful to humans, such as the chemical industry. Not only is she not outraged by the fact that they are trying to hide the damage that many of their products cause, but she herself is at the vanguard of denial.