Thank you billbatard for responding to my arguments.
Note to Voters: Plagiarism.
PRO has repeatedly plagiarized across the entire debate. He has not stated sources for several of these, and just plain out copied and pasted the article (and then proceeded to change a couple of words).
Liberalism refers to a political doctrine that emphasizes on protecting the freedom and rights of the citizenry. Liberals view the government as an arm that protects citizens from external and internal threats but at the same time recognize that the government by itself can be a threat to the freedom of the citizens. In his pamphlet Common Sense (1776), American philosopher Thomas Paine compared the government to a “necessary evil.” Law enforcers, Judiciary, and the constitution are meant to protect individuals' right, property, and liberty but in some instances, the same institutions might be used to against the individual.
In 2006 the State of World Liberty Index released a ranking of the most liberal countries in the world. The ranking was based on economic freedom, individual freedom, and the size of the government and taxation it levied on its people. Estonia, Ireland, and Canada were ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. The UK and the US were ranked 7th and 8th respectively while New Zealand was ranked 10th. The 2017 ranking used the same data sources but with adjustments to the data.
New Zealand was ranked the most liberal country in the world followed by Switzerland. New Zealand has a good history regarding fundamental rights and freedom. People exercise their political opinions through the electoral process just while the taxation level among the working class n among the lowest in the world. In Switzerland, direct democracy has been decentralized, civil liberties are protected by law, and the country has a good history regarding human rights
Copied and pasted from your description. Rebutted in R1.
Economic freedoms are part of the formula , but only part safety health , quality of life, education , play a role as unhealthy homeless people tend not to be free, taxation is an issue as most people dont like the government taking all their money , although in some societies high taxes are considered a fair trade for generous public services available to all but most people prefer to spend their own money their own way ,
I'd like to adress the mass shooting , if they happened every day i think they'd be an issue, as they do here, but they are extremely rare occurances and usually new zealnd is super safe.. ironically the fact that the usa is flooded with guns and has lots of shootings to Americans is indicative of our freedoms
This statement is completely and utterly wrong. Particularly "if they happened every day i think they'd be an issue, as they do here". Let me ask you voters, if 'here' is referring to the United States of America, has there been a shooting on 9/21/19?
gun laws were until this year relatively liberal to with a license a b c d or e on could own different types of guns each class requiring more vof a security check or training but New ZEaLAND has promised to tighten up its laws to prevent future shootings , We have to remember to the rest of the world the ability or ease of buying a gun isnt prioritized over public safety and valued as such a cherished freedom
'Gun laws were until this year...' I take this statement as a partial concession. I am not sure what 'vof' means in this case. We are not arguing about if New Zealand is the best country, we are arguing if it is the most liberal. So, it doesn't matter if 'New ZeALAND' has promised to tighten up it's gun laws. In fact, that statements rebuts your entire argument by itself. The act of tightening up your gun laws is against the very idea of liberalists and freedom. New Zealand might've once been the most liberal country, but it is certainly not now.
PRO, the year is not 2006, it Is 2019.
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Thank you billbatard, I await your response.
oh won't this be fun!
Vote, take in account the plagiarism to counter the forfeit (I was banned, and I apologize)
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-most-liberal-countries-of-the-world.html read with care in 2006 the index was started and has new reports every year since then new zealand won in 2018 not 2006
in 2006 estonia was the most liberal nation 2018 it is new zealand you should learn to read better
I'm going to be banned soon. I waive the last round, but since we both violated conduct (plagiarism and forfeit) it should be tied.
I was writing this while I was tired, so I apologize for any grammar errors.
According to the State of World Liberty Index https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-most-liberal-countries-of-the-world.html
I accept, and expect your full attention to this debate.
Depends on what you mean by "Liberal."
Is the term liberal being pre-defined, or is it a debatable point?
You need to slow the F down and try to do only 1 or 2 debates at a time instead of 6. https://web.archive.org/web/20190918011734/https://www.debateart.com/debates?_utf8=%E2%9C%93&status=challenge&order=votes