Lkeller said:Apropos of boycotts and censorhip in America... I've been reading John Adams' biography. In 1798, the Federalists in Congress passed one of the most reprehensible laws in US history - the Sedition Act... A few people were prosecuted, and even imprisoned under the act. Most absurdly, one drunken bar-fly was reportedly convicted for making fun of the President's large rear end...
Had this taken place some 210 years later, that guy would probably be given his own reality show. :'(