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To: elkfersupper; CSM; Texas Federalist; TChris
According to dictionary.com (admittedly hardly an authoritative source)

"Privilege usually suggests a right not enjoyed by everyone."

Given that definition, virtually all of our rights could be considered privileges.

I do not have time right now to read it fully, but I just came across this examination in the Harvard Law Review on the question...for any who remain interested.The Demise of the Right-Privilege Distinction in Constitutional Law
179 posted on 01/16/2009 8:21:39 AM PST by Sudetenland (Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
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To: Sudetenland
Given that definition, virtually all of our rights could be considered privileges.

Given all of that, it is somewhat important that nobody - including you - do or say anything to perpetuate that notion.

Otherwise, there will have to be another revolutionary war.

184 posted on 01/16/2009 6:56:41 PM PST by elkfersupper
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