Puritans have long been viewed as people who couldn't stand the thought of anyone anywhere having a good time. The original Puritans really weren't that way, but today the world seems to be full of such killjoys.
In Dallas, Texas, the local Starplex amphitheater has sold naming rights to United Distillers & Vintners, a unit of Britain's Diageo PLC that controls one-fifth of the U.S. distilled-spirits market.
From the popular reaction, one would think that Colombian drug lords had taken over the city. Dallas City Councilman Leo Chaney told the Dallas Morning News: "My first reaction is to organize the community and picket and protest in front of the Starplex."