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No, I believe it to be a "right" and I put forth Amendment 9 as a defense to my opinion. I do not believe it to be a "privilege" and I showed where I strongly disagree with calling what I believe to be rights as privileges.

It could be argued that it is semantics, but saying something is a privilege to me feels like it is something government can take away at its whim (a rightful belief or not it is my belief with that word). Whereas, to me a right as long as you are abiding by the laws that have been made to protect others (arguably a public smoking ban, without argument traffic laws), they cannot be taken away for any reason by government.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"