There is only one reason for a normal person to want a Bitcoin - to break rules, laws, and regulations. This is the future of Bitcoin, this is what will drive the price up, and I think this is what we should all be focusing on.
That's just nonsense and if you consider yourself a normal person then you even brought a counterexample in your own post.
There's lots of reasons for "normal", law-abiding persons to use Bitcoin: some are in it purely for profit (like yourself); many are fed up by Paypal's fees and chargebacks so they look for alternatives; others use it as a marketing tool because you can get easy press if you say you accept Bitcoin; some have used it to build viable businesses (e.g. BitPay). Of course, there's also all the normal people who simply want to hedge against inflation and therefore buy some gold, silver and Bitcoins - what's wrong with that?
Finally there's all those tech people who are in it for the cool technology and the unique possibilities it offers - to actually program money! But I won't argue with you whether geeks count are normal people
