You are so absorbed watching the movie casablanca with friends that when two people ask if you want a snack, you do not even hear them. when reminded of this later, you realize that you were aware of the movie to the exclusion of everything else. this could be termed a mild:

You are so absorbed watching the movie Casablanca with friends that when two people ask if you want a snack, you do not even hear them. When reminded of this later, you realize that you were aware of the movie to the exclusion of everything else. This could be termed a mild dissociative experience.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.