In 1905, Playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote an op-ed in the New York Times making fun of America's " Comstockery" —a term he used to refer to its censorious attitude toward art and literature.

刘易斯：1905 年，剧作家萧伯纳在《纽约时报》上发表了一篇专栏文章，取笑美国的“康斯托克”——他用这个词来指代美国对艺术和文学的挑剔态度。