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They put it in print… The Boston Tea Party – now they’re really in trouble…
October 8, 2018 by GuyHeilenman 
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It’s one thing to infuriate the British. It’s an entirely different matter to agitate local merchants. Yet, I can only imagine the trouble that would have ensued had PETA been around at the time of the Boston Tea Party. 
Thanks to the Virginia Gazette dated May 5, 1774 for putting the following in print in print.
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As an NPS ranger that often covers the Boston Tea Party, I’ve often joked, “Can you image the caffeine rush those fish had!” It looks like that rush was passed on up the food chain!