"Point from that article was we're not happy because we work hard and full time. "
That was not the point of the article. The points raised in the article are,inter alia: 1) Denmark has the highest reported happiness index of any country in the world. 2) Denmark also has one of the highest tax rates in the world, sometimes approaching as high as 70%. 3) Denmark is a post-consumerist society. This means that the acquisition of bigger and better Things for their own sake is not a feature of Danish society. Most Danes ride bicycles to get around. 4) People in Denmark can work at the jobs they like, and don't feel pressured.The differences between The Doctor, the Carpenter, the Prince are as high as in other countries. There is better distribution of wealth and services. 5) People in Denmark are productive at their jobs, and because of the non-consumerist lifestyle they do not look down on each others' chosen career paths. 6) There is an advanced level of class egalitarianism in Denmark. 7) It is a high probability that all these things combined have a direct impact on the happiness of Danish citizens compared to other countries in the world. So you don't have a problem with the man enjoying his job, and getting a sense of satisfaction and achievement from being with his family. You don't have a problem with him working a 5 hour job. Your problem is with the examples that the article chose to use to represent the way of life and the culture that exists within Denmark with respect to taxes, work, and overall reported happiness of its citizens. Well I'm really not going to argue that, and that isn't what you were arguing before either. It seems to me that you saw the article as attacking the American way of life and you immediately became defensive, without really comprehending the article at all. On 15 August 2010 11:11, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Point from that article was we're not happy because we work hard and > full time. If they interview two people for the article and one is a > part time worker that puts no effort into his work they are doing the > country a disservice. > All the happy people in Denmark and they chose him to represent > happiness? Could you imagine if half the country worked 25 hours doing > rudimentary work and were supplemented by the government? That would > mean the other half would work too hard and wouldn't be so happy. > > The article is a joke and I'm amused someone linked to it to prove a point ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
