OverclockedJesus Posted:

Revoked…by whom? If they can be revoked, who gives them in the first place (unless you’re just speaking metaphorically).

Therein lies the problem, or rather where the legal system comes in. We all agree on actions which are considered to be violation of our privileges and those who violate those of others have their own revoked in such a manner as to prevent them from being able to infringe on others. Really it’s nothing more than a semantics argument regarding the use of the words Rights.

My contention is that by calling it a Right, people get it into their heads that nothing can be done to have it removed. As we infringe on the rights of criminals in order to protect the Rights of others can we really call them Rights in the first place? To say that it is a Right to bear arms, then we cannot remove that Right from those who go around murdering. Yet as a privilege we can revoke it if you decide that you will commit murder in a robbery or some other illegal act. It’s a subtle consideration as to how people think of their actions as if we believe that we only have privileges some may act in a slightly different manner in order to preserve them.