With no sign of a let-up in the anger at the SNP-run Scottish Government's decision to free the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds, in America an online campaign has been set up, BoycottScotland.com.
Except, when you go to the site, it immediately becomes clear that its aim is to "Boycott Scotland and the United Kingdom" in its entirety.
The justification given for wanting to boycott England, Wales and Northern Ireland as well is that "the government of the United Kingdom has washed its hands of the entire affair, allowing the Scottish government total freedom" to take the decision to free al-Megrahi.
Whilst it is true that the refusal of Gordon Brown to give a view on the matter is absurd in the extreme (and other serious questions remain unanswered, including those about the role of Lord Mandelson in the affair), the fact remains that this is a devolved matter and the responsibility for taking the decision lies with the devolved body - much in the same way that the federal government in the US cannot be held responsible for the decisions of individual State governments.
So (regardless of the rights and wrongs of boycotts) is not unfair of this campaign to target the UK as a whole?
If central government rescinds power to a lower level, it surely has to be able to sit back and let those to whom it has given that power make the relevant decisions and take the consequences. Otherwise, you are effectively saying "we'll devolve power to you - until you take a decision with which we disagree", which renders the whole concept of decentralisation and devolution as meaningless.
PS Before anyone accuses me of in some way seeking to justify the freeing of al-Megrahi, I personally completely disagreed with the decision.