the__world's__happiest_people__are__ kx21 What constituted / determined the World's Happiest "Nation"? People who are 1) seeking high_and_low for "Everything" or 2) "living" hard_and_easy with almost "Nothing"? 040719 ... a "Point" NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS: Highlights and Exclusives, July 26, 2004 Issue Behind the Smile. The conclusion was, to say the least, surprising: a World Value Survey of people in 65 nations, conducted recently by an international group of social scientists, decided that the world's happiest people lived in Nigeria, reports Senior Editor Richard Ernsberger Jr. Could Nigerians, who live in a volatile, poverty-stricken country, really be more content than, say, proudly prosperous Americans, whose bountiful nation placed a dismal 16th on the list? http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-18-2004/0002212272&EDATE= The world's happiest people lived in Nigeria 040719 ... jane probably not as happy as you think they are 040719 ... Nigeria tops happiness survey * A_point_in_time * 2 October, 2003, 11:08 GMT 12:08 UK Nigeria has the highest percentage of happy people followed by Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador and Puerto Rico http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3157570.stm The researchers for World Values Survey described the desire for material goods as "a happiness suppressant". lagos beach in Nigeria:- http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39404000/jpg/_39404226_lagosbeach_203body_ap.jpg 040719 ... yahoo! Search New Scientist ... Meet the people shaping the future of science. This interview was first published in New Scientist print edition ... the playing field, in other words--the happiest people are Hispanic. ... www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp?id=ns23045 - 46k - Cached - More pages from this site Nigerians happiest, Americans 16th ... in happiness. Nigerians happiest, Americans 16th ... New Scientist magazine, which published the results, said on Wednesday. But the weekly magazine said that factors that make people ... www.msnbc.com/news/974827.asp?0cv=CB20 - 19k - Cached 040719 ... puredream you and I, or so I'd like to think... 040719 ... JdAwG I think I'm inclined to agree. 040719 ... ivyducktwilightseto The terminally ill . 040720 ... Oops... woman_with_no_pants? 040720 ... pete "he believes [that] it would be disastrous if humans lacked greed to the extent that they could acheive a general state of happiness or contentment. In Phelan's view, this is because happy people tend not to do much, or crave much--poison for a modern consumer economy." John F Schumaker, "In Greed We Trust" New Internationalist 369 July 2004, p34 040720 ... ;) Amen. 040722 ... whitechocolatewalrus and what is happiness exactly? 040722 ... kx21 a profound QQ Spice around_and_across Human_Spaces on Earth... 040722 ... ST well, thats a BS answer if I ever heard one. happiness is a state of being happy. the answer is simple. defining it is easy. acheiving it is elusive for some. ... 040722 ... kx21 *** * Bush, Blair or Saddam_Hussien? *** Who will be the happiest person on Earth: Bush, Blair or Saddam_Hussien, given 123:- 1) a_'love_triangle'_in_the_21st_century 2) Coke_politics_meets_pepsi_folklore & 3)The_Magic_of_Saddam? Saddam_Hussein... Tell one why_not... And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... Copyright 2004 (less Coke_politics kx21.com 040722 ... ST what does that mean, kx21? does it have any logical meaning? maybe I'm just a dummy, help me out here. ... 040722 ... To be exact "3) The_saddam_magic" 040722 ... ST pete, greed is selfish. jealousy is hateful. do you really think your jealousy makes you the more righteous? would you rob others of thier freedom to satisfy your jealousy? ... 040722 ... ST pete, greed is selfish. jealousy is hateful. do you really think your jealousy makes you the more righteous? would you rob others of thier freedom to satisfy your jealousy? ... 040722 ... kx21 OOps... When the Fairy_tale:- "Pepsi Bush ( War_president):- American_leaders_should_simply_apologise "meets" Coke Blair (War_promoter):- British_leaders_should_simply_apologise. for a_wrong_war_in_21k is becoming a Fact in Tathagata_Store... 040722 ... ST no they aren't. those are just your opinions. how can your opinions become "fact" in this "Tathagata_Store" as you call it? ... 040722 ... ST i know that i'm wasting my time talking to you kx21, but you seem to be ignoring certain questons that i've asked. ... 040722 ... ST i believe the format you've chosen to present yourself in is incapable of expressing your opinions in any articulate manner. you use this to hide behind so that you never have to explain or debate your position. that way you can continually bombard everyone else with your opinions with out much worry of opposing view points. ... 040722 ... :) Amen. 040722 ... Finger American_leaders_should_simply_apologise 040722 ... Moon american_leaders_should_simply_apologise kx21 * 26_days_to_Iraqi_sovereignty * 5 June, 2004, 10:25 GMT 11:25 UK Former chief US weapons inspector David Kay:- "British and American leaders should simply apologise and admit that they were wrong.". "Where_have_all_the_WMD_in_Iraq_gone" 040605 040722 ... ST then do you agree with my assessment of your presentation? ... 040722 ... ST or are you ignoring me? ... 040722 ... pete what are you talking about, ST? to be greedy and jealous is not to be happy, but happy people arent greedy nor are they jealous, so they need to do little to maintain there happiness except what it takes to be happy, like going for a walk with a friend and just talking about nothing and music and writing and more nothing and the moon in the river and the river and the stars and the spaces between the stars and ... yes... just like that.. but i don't know why you are accussing me, or what you are accussing me of (no hostility) 040722 ... ST those statements didn't have anything to do with achieving or maintianing happiness. they were on the subject of greed. how do you feel about capitalism? do you think that successful people in a capitalist society are just greedy? if greed is bad, then should the government stop people from achieving too much success? and if you want to stop them from achieving "too much success" are you giving in to jealousy? forgive me if I have made a bad assumtion. I thought perhaps you may be jealous of those who are "greedy" ... 040722 ... whitechocolatewalrus so is this blathe assuming that there are different stages, different degrees of happiness? what i meant when i asked what happiness is, how is happiness measured, how can anyone decipher who is happier where is happier when is happier? i guess i just don't understand. 040722 ... sixstop it was started by kx21 and you expect it to make sense? :D 040722 ... ST i'm sorry whitechocolatewalrus. all you asked was "and what is happiness exactly?" happiness is not measured. degrees of happiness are abstract. they can only be measured by yourself. there is no sense in trying to figure out "happiness levels". you can have all kinds of degrees if you want: sort of happy, very happy, really happy, whatever. besides I think too many of us are confusing happiness with satifaction anyways ^_^ ... 040722 ... kx21 Be_on_notice:- * M_theories - Value of Life * The level or state of "happiness" is somehow associated with what_is__the__v_a_l_u_e__of__a__l_i_f_e. Tell or show one why_not... And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... 040722 ... whitechocolatewalrus the value of life is not the same to any one person, just as happiness does not stem out of the same occurance or non occurance in life. yes happiness is related to a person's particular view of the value of life, but how is it that anyone can say one place is happier than the next when levels of happiness are only relative to a single person? I can not say "I am happier than you" because really, how is happiness measured? How can Nigeria be ranked the happiest country if there is nothing to measure their happiness compared to other countries by? I seem to be having major difficulties in my thought process and then relating my crazed thoughts to writing. Forgive me. 040722 ... pete i'm not ST... i'm quite happy with who i am in my almost inability to experience moderation (that is, emotionally speaking). i'm a poet, a writer... and as that makes me an artist i can be happy and not happy at once and my only greed is for a job that allows me to work 3 days a week and live, and ive found it 040723 ... pipedream methinks happiness is when you take any moment and wouldn't add or subtract anything. when it's perfect for you, just as it is. 040724 ... kx21 A QQ Spark:- What is the appropriate_Relationship between Happiness & Seniority? 040724 ... kx21 Eureka!!! * AQ Spice from soda_flavor * kx21 * "M" Prediction (2004 / 2005)* The_tip_of_the_iceberg - The__world's__happiest_people__are__ All Genuine Iraqis, specifically Saddam_Hussein (Ace_of_POW)... Show one why_not And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... Copyright 2004 kx21.com 040724 ... . iLink- what_constituted_'genuine'_Iraqis 040724 040724 ... . insensitive and unaware. 040724 ... kx21 iLink:- The__world's__unhappiest_people__are__ 040726 ... daxle in my bed 040726 ... Jess (not talking to anyone!) My friends! 040804 ... 1292005 ... 050129 ... Doar in my head! 050824 ... on the road poor and live in hot countries. 050824 ... traveller did anyone really need scientists to confirm this? it is self-evident to anyone who has travelled... 060202 what's it to you? who go blather from