SEDITION/PROTESTS This blog is written purely from COMMON SENSE.  I read some writings on sedition in general and from the angle of India and if you want to explore these writings they are found on the web. There are better authorities on this subject than me. When I read that a minstrel (from South India) wrote a song about his thoughts and dissatisfaction with the government of his state including the CM and at 2 a.m. was taken from his home and charged with sedition.  SEDITION???? In a Democratic Country???? My words was “You got to be kidding.” I went on to state to my friend SEDITION!  I who live in the oldest Democratic Country, USA with all the protest, verbal discontent, marches, and the like, 80% of the country would be imprisoned serving big time sentences.  I could NOT wrap my mind around how a Democratic Country the largest in the world touted around the world from the Prime Minister to other governments referral of India is working a two ...