America is no longer what may be termed "the land of freedom"

Point 1 Unfortunately, any news agency does not give the information they wish to provide. They report what people are interested in. Which means that, if people are not interested in foreign events, the media will not talk about it. It's up to the government to reform the education system to generate an interest in all things foreign, and to encourage to seek out another point of view. This because it liberates you from the constraint of someone imposing their point of view on you by talking about it to you, because you are informed on this point by several medias from other countries, which have a different way of thinking & mentality from the ones in your country. Point 2 "America could still be named "the Land of Freedom", even if the rest of the world was under complete totalitarian rule." In this case, yes, But as there are many other countries, uk included, that are democracies, America cannot be the most deserving country of the title, for the reasons of security, mental freedom, freedom from fear, which is a constraint since it forces you to act in dangerous ways to protect yourself, which I notice my opponent has not adressed, instead simply countering only my point on laws relating to alcohol, an heritage of the prohibition. "America has a history of supporting rebellions in countries, not starting them." The example of America supporting Egypt's dicator and selling weapons even to dictatorships negates this argument. "his reasoning when he proposes that America start revolutions and civil wars across the globe. " I certainly used the wrong terms. I know this is completely impossible. However, I am opposed to a country trading in any way with a dictatorship. "Lastly, my opponent tried to attack my point about America being supported by free allies. It's true, some countries remain in the U.S.' good graces for reasons aside from freedom. However, the point was already conceded that world-wide freedom boosts U.S. security. This point is irrelevant." That is not all I said. I also asked how this made america freer, or linked into the debate. Point 3 "Laws are necessary in any society. To imply that Americans are less free, due to the fact that they have more or less laws than some nations, is illogical." In Egypt, they no longer have the right to gather in groups of more than 2, move around at night, wear casual clothes, or talk badly of the government. In light of this, I refute your statement that laws do not make us more or less free. "These laws just ensure safety. Drinking below a certain age was agreed on by the representatives as detrimental to the safety of U.S. citzens. They passed a law, placing a ban on acoholic beverage consumption until a certain age. If the people felt so strongly about changing it, they would elect a representative who would work to repeal the law. In this fashion, America is the most free country in the world, and well desserving of the title "the Land of Freedom"." They ensure some safety, but not enough. Gun laws would ensure more safety, etc, etc. These are points that my opponent has not even mentioned in his reply. Furthermore, the "knowledge makes free" point that I made has not been mentioned once, yet again. If the American educational system promoted thinking by informing oneself of another's point of view (and believing it), then would the representatives Americans elect not be different? The representatives represent the people, agreed. That might just be the problem; Representatives elected by people who don't care about the outside world don't care about the outside world. How can they promote safety and freedom in places they scarcely understand? The best example of this is how America deals with islam, clearly demonstrating Americans have understood absolutely nothing on how islam works. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ My position is the following at the end of this debate 1) America is not the most free country in the world anymore because a- Americans are not free from mental coertion b- Americans are not free from fear c- Americans are lost in a world they are supposed to dominate (as a superpower) yet which they do not want to understand. This is, again, hindering freedom, because it blocks international understanding, aka informing oneself, and so on and so forth. 2) My opponent is probably one of the best debaters I have seen so far on this website. (thats not up for debate)