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To: Chas. who wrote (113022)	8/27/2003 7:35:58 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Chuck, many people spoke very well of him. Meanwhile, this is the "freedom" for which he was fighting; his cousin in prison for daring to have opinions. Not much different from the Gulag and Mao's 're-education' in my opinion and certainly nothing to do with freedom, free will etc. <The controller of censorship, who intercepted the newsletter, considered it subversive. Burton faced three charges of editing, publishing and attempting to publish a subversive document. At his Supreme Court trial on 23 October 1942, Burton argued for his democratic right to think and speak as conscience dictated. Justice Archibald Blair disagreed, telling the jury it was a time when the mouths of ‘cranks’ would have to shut. The jury found Burton guilty, but recommended mercy. Under the emergency regulations the maximum sentence was 12 months’ imprisonment, but Blair invoked a rarely used provision in the 1910 Crimes Amendment Act and sentenced Burton to 2½ years. He was offered immediate freedom if he agreed to refrain from writing or speaking on pacifism, but he rejected the offer.> It's quite funny to read self-puffing Quehubo lecture about cowardice, courage and self-sacrifice here in SI. I'm glad you enjoyed reading some news from the front. Take a look at how they handled pacifists too; ex war-hero pacifists. The judge who gaoled him for 3 years was a greater danger to freedom and was obviously an evil-doer. Conscription and slavery are evil. Mqurice