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[bush_cheney2004]

Only by .5

Well, I understand the pressing need to beat the USA at something, but suicides? We already had a nice thread about this....some Canadians are so happy they just kill themselves while they are ahead!

[waldo]

Only by .5

don't waste your time... both cybercoma and I beat him up good, real good, when he tried the same crap - here:

[American Woman]

nope, sorry - I'm not telling myself anything... I'm simply reading and quoting from the U.N. report.

Oh no! Tell me it's not true. Not a UN report! That puts a whole different light on it. I know I personally want to live up to the *U.N.'s* idea of what makes a person happy.


But do keep buying into it. I can sense that your happiness depends on it. In the meantime, I'll continue to be glad that my ancestors left their happy Scandinavian countries to come to the U.S.

[bush_cheney2004]

don't waste your time... both cybercoma and I beat him up good, real good, when he tried the same crap - here:

Don't kill yourself over it....everything is going to be OK.

I'm sure some more American climate links will cheer you up!

[bush_cheney2004]

....But do keep buying into it. I can sense that your happiness depends on it. In the meantime, I'll continue to be glad that my ancestors left their happy Scandinavian countries to come to the U.S.

Good point, as far more Canadians also leave for the U.S. than the other way around. They tell me it's because of the weather, but I'm not buying it.

[dre]

Oh no! Tell me it's not true. Not a UN report! That puts a whole different light on it. I know I personally want to live up to the *U.N.'s* idea of what makes a person happy.


But do keep buying into it. I can sense that your happiness depends on it. In the meantime, I'll continue to be glad that my ancestors left their happy Scandinavian countries to come to the U.S.

WTF are you guys arguing about? The report names the US as one of the happiest countries on earth

Why the nationalist pissing match?

[bush_cheney2004]

WTF are you guys arguing about? The report names the US as one of the happiest countries on earth

Why the nationalist pissing match?

There is no argument....more happy Canadians move to the USA!

[American Woman]

WTF are you guys arguing about? The report names the US as one of the happiest countries on earth

Why the nationalist pissing match?

I'm not arguing about anything. I'm saying how happy I am. I said how great both of our nations are. It's Canadianss who are telling me that Americans are not as happy. But thanks for singling me out - yet again. It's oh-so-telling - and it gives me a good laugh.

[bush_cheney2004]

I'm not arguing about anything. I'm saying how happy I am. I said how great both of our nations are. It's Canadianss who are telling me that Americans are not as happy. But thanks for singling me out - yet again. It's oh-so-telling - and it gives me a good laugh.

They hate us for our happiness.

[waldo]

Oh no! Tell me it's not true. Not a UN report! That puts a whole different light on it. I know I personally want to live up to the *U.N.'s* idea of what makes a person happy.

well... the U.N. report is the thread topic! You choosing to chastise the UN for a report that, apparently, doesn't align with your personal happiness meter is certainly your prerogative. I also appreciate you touting your personal "happiness" is a comfort to you; that it appears to help you manage some of the reports pointed comments/summary statements concerning the U.S..

[American Woman]

They hate us for our happiness.

Evidently.

[waldo]

It doesn't matter what some people say the "happiest countries" are; it only matter how happy you are.

clearly, it doesn't matter...

Oh no! Tell me it's not true. Not a UN report! That puts a whole different light on it. I know I personally want to live up to the *U.N.'s* idea of what makes a person happy

particularly when you rail against the UN over a report you... apparently... have some degree of difficulty with! Obviously, Red isn't your colour, hey?

[dre]

I'm not arguing about anything. I'm saying how happy I am. I said how great both of our nations are. It's Canadianss who are telling me that Americans are not as happy. But thanks for singling me out - yet again. It's oh-so-telling - and it gives me a good laugh.

Heres what you said about the report...

Oh no! Tell me it's not true. Not a UN report! That puts a whole different light on it. I know I personally want to live up to the *U.N.'s* idea of what makes a person happy.

This little tirade is strange given that the report (which is what this topic is about) ranks the US very high...

[capricorn]

I checked to see if there were previous World Happiness Reports. This is the first such report and it was produced for this week's UN conference on happiness.

Should happiness figure in a nation's bottom line? And should the concept of Gross National Product be replaced by Gross National Happiness?

Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley told a high-level U.N. meeting Monday that it not only should but that it must if mankind is to avoid its current unsustainable and self-destructive course.

Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan nation which tops Asia in the United Nations' First World Happiness Report, convened the meeting seeking to develop a new economic model based on principles of happiness and well being.

"The GDP-lead development model that compels boundless growth on a planet with limited resources no longer makes economic sense. It is the cause of our irresponsible, immoral and self-destructive actions," Thinley said. "The purpose of development must be to create enabling conditions through public policy for the pursuit of the ultimate goal of happiness by all citizens."

The conference titled "Happiness and Well-being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm," brought together hundreds of representatives of government — including Costa Rican President Laura Chincilla — academics and other civic leaders to discuss the issue. All endorsed the importance of happiness, though not necessarily Bhutan's proposed index.

Jeffery Sachs, a prominent development economist at Columbia University in New York who edited the World Happiness Report along with John Helliwell and Richard Layard, said that happiness could be achieved independent of economic well-being as measured by GNP. The report was released to coincide with the conference.

http://news.yahoo.com/un-discusses-creation-gross-national-happiness-003615190.html

To which I say:

[waldo]

This little tirade is strange given that the report (which is what this topic is about) ranks the US very high...

and that about sums up the oft repeated pattern seen over and over again by both of these foreign interlopers... apparently, they take great exception and view it as a personal affront if they're not "No. 1" in everything/anything. USA, USA, USA! (Of course, it's soooo easy to push their buttons and realize this exact response)