Before, when the Plastic People sang about funerals or delirium, they were considered seditious for suggesting alternatives to the optimistic party line.

He organized township meetings, and a provincial convention - which the government considered dangerous and seditious.

He said that the courts have found that most speech that might be considered seditious is protected by the First Amendment.

But as Voice of the Faithful grows, the group keeps checking its compass, and its public image, to make sure it is not considered seditious.

And the music, though no longer considered seditious, retains a good part of its dour intensity.

But after 70 years in which even to claim a Cossack heritage was considered seditious, just reaching out to the past can be heady.

However, still, its aims and objectives were considered seditious.

This despite the fact that none of the bloggers "seem to have been politically active or to have published anything that might be considered seditious".

Bishops were placed under house arrest, and priests all over Spain were fined for giving sermons that the government considered seditious.

As such, he was considered scandalous and seditious.