Ben Howson
World History 2 per. 3
12/11/14
The French Revolution in Todays Present
World
During the French Revolution, and
enlightenment, the idea of natural human rights came along, in which many
protected the rights of the people. Today one of these rights is being
violated, and the human right being violated is the second right of men from
the French Revolution. This right states, “The purpose of all political
association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of
man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to
oppression.” To be more specific the
right in which is being violated today, is the human right of property.
Jim
and Joanne Saleet have lived in Lakewood, Ohio for 38 years, and they are
refusing to sell their house. The city of Lakewood is trying to use eminent
domain to try and force the Saleets to move, to make way for more expensive
condominiums. The Saleets had plans to live in their home of the rest of their
lives, and then later pass their house on to their kids. But know the major of
Lakewood is wanting to tare down their house and 55 other houses around theirs,
along with apartment buildings and tones of businesses. The mayor wants this,
so that private developers can build bigger, nicer house, and a big mall. The
mayor said that she sought out a private developer to build these house, and
mall, because Lakewood base tax is shrinking, and they need more money. After tones
of augments and court cases, the Saleets, and many others were able to keep
their homes, because the mayor of Lakewood broke the second right of man, which
protects the property of the people. The second right of men is the solution
and protector to all case like these and if it weren’t for this right, many
people would have lost the homes in which they loved. Due to the Saleet’s case,
and many other cases similar to theirs, we, and the government have
re-recognized this human right from the French Revolution.
The
second right of men is a very important right in which we had forgotten about
for some time. We had forgotten that this right was put into play to stop cases
such as the Saleet’s from happening. Due to the government recognizing the
second right of men, we no longer have to worry about our property being taken
away from us by the government. “The purpose of all political association is the preservation of
the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty,
property, security, and resistance to oppression.” This right is the answer, to
many problems in which exist today, and do to being remembered, the second
right of men is no longer being violated as much today, and many cases are
being brought to light.
This is an image of the first page the declaration of the rights of men and women citizens from the French Revolution.
This is a picture of Jim and Joanne Saleet after winning agains the government of Lakewood, Ohio.
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