To choose order, security and efficiency
at the expense of liberty, equality and fraternity is a foolish mistake.
Would one rather want an orderly yet oppressive government, or want the right
to rebel and create some chaos for the greater good? I suggest the latter, for especially
in these times, the last thing that is needed is a government that strips the
people of their rights in return for a break from the disorder. Choosing
liberty, equality and fraternity would secure the ability for the majority to
choose what is best for everyone. Choosing order, security and efficiency may
seem like an option to those who have seen more harm than good from the
revolution. However, it is necessary to create a France where the rights and
lives of the people are not crushed in the hands of the privileged few.
Throughout this Revolution the people must not lose sight of the value of
liberty, equality and fraternity or they will end where they started; order,
security and efficiency at the cost of liberty, equality and fraternity.
Hobbes (Michael Kowalski)
ReplyDelete(Sarcastic tone) I understand and agree with what you say completely, the massacres and mass executions (over half a million people) that occurred prior to Napoleon inducing the "evil" order which provider security to many more than the previous governing bodies did that they did in the name of liberty. This is why you view is wrong and why you, Locke, my dearest friend, must come back to reason and truth.
Rousseau (Olivia Harrington)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more! Liberty, equality, and fraternity is the right way to go. Rebelling and creating chaos is a good right to have sometimes because it is good to show what you think and do what you think is the right thing to do. In a situation like this, freedom and natural rights are needed. Also, protecting the ability that people have to choose what is best for the people is very important, and I agree with you on that. Hopefully, our government chooses the right path to take and choose liberty, equality, and fraternity because we do not want to end where we started.
Rousseau (Katharine Yan)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. The country may be orderly. It may be peaceful. But it is definitely not right. The government cannot limit rights just to avoid unrest in the country. There will always be unrest in the hearts of the people of France if their rights are not granted to them. Peace isn't enough to justify not giving people their rights. As good-natured human beings, they deserve these rights. If a revolution is necessary to gain liberty, then so be it. At least, there will be hope for a better government and equality for all. Ignoring the people's lack of rights altogether is only pushing back a problem that will resurface in the future.