[DRB]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/03/montana.pardons.ap/index.html

On Wednesday, nearly 80 people convicted of sedition amid the war's anti-German hysteria received the first posthumous pardons in Montana history, including one who was imprisoned merely for calling the conflict a "rich man's war" and mocking food regulations during a time of rationing.

Their relatives were imprisoned for an average of 19 months, often based on casual comments made in saloons. At the time, profane language or insulting the virtues of women usually resulted in a longer sentence.

 

[Tenchiro]

God bless America and our free speech.

 

[DaveW]

he told a hotel owner. "The poor man has no show in this war. The soldiers are fighting the battles of the rich."

Some things never change it would appear.