He got under her skin with that one, breaking the rule (?) that says no by-the-way take-for-granted opinions in your opinion, which seems to me would be unduly restrictive.
Anyhow, she might have overlooked it. Not commented on it, that is, especially in this pure gummint-knows-best vein, as opposed to ages of solid truth in packaging.
Infuriating, when you get down to it, horrifying insight into a statist mentality.
Blithe Spirit 