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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Oh right! The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Wow! What a development! Say goodbye to the special privileges of the aristocracy and the clergy. Economic crisis will also improve because now everyone needs to pay tax INCLUDING the nobles and the clergy. All men are equal with same amount of freedom now. People are now judged by talent to hold public office! Freedom of speech and press are enacted and arbitrary arrests are outlawed. WooHoo! Most importantly, the monarchy has been limited and that all citizens are to have the right to take part in the legislative process. Yeah citizens! Thanks to the philosophes that our nation can accomplish this major development that will benefit us profoundly and even our next generations. I do admire how the Americans are more efficient than our nation to reach the maximum of democracy and liberty. Their ability to achieve this can be perceived in their Declaration of Independence and American state constitutions. However, this did instigate some dispute over whether this also applies to women or does it only apply to men. In my opinion, women only applies to this in terms of civil liberties; however, they should not be exercising political rights and functions. Women should not participate in political activities. They should be solely responsible for domestic jobs. All women's clubs and meetings should all be prohibited. On the other hand, the brave Olympe de Gouges refused to obey that women should be excluded from political activities and proposed the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen. When I saw this, I could not bear to laugh. Women and political rights? They just don't come together naturally.

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  1. Why doesn't the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen document apply to free Africans? Your wording is misleading! Although we are colored, we are still men. Yet, we are still not permitted to vote? We did not get our promised citizenship!
    -Toussaint L'Overture

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