Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: OT - Is Italy the most unhappy country in Europe?

I was watching a documentary the other night, and they were telling the 
story of who were the most happiest people on earth, as well as the most 
un-happiest people on earth. According to comprehensive research done by 
researchers who traveled the world interviewing people and observing 
cultures, they came to the conclusion that Italy is the most unhappy place 
in Europe. The happiest is Denmark. While Denmark taxes 60 percent of it's 
people, more then any other country including France which taxes about 55 
percent, Danes are the most happy. The reason being is that 9 out of 10 
people are native Danes and they all think alike, so the government is in 
sink with the people and takes care of them.
So the Danes are completely happy getting free health care and free college, 
and they have no appetite for consumerism like Americans. They are also 
quite happy to ride bicycles instead of cars, unlike Americans who think if 
you ride a bike to the store, you must be poor and cannot afford a car. 
Italy is the most unhappy because they say its strictly because of 
corruption and distrust of not only government, but the mafia and even your 
neighbors. With so much corruption and mistrust in society in Italy, they 
say this results in Italians being the unhappiest people in Europe.
How is it that the country which boasts the most romantic sentiments in 
Europe or close to it, famous for its handsome men and women, romance, great 
wine, beautiful culture and dramatically beautiful old cities, be the most 
unhappy country in Europe? How is this so? Is it just corruption and 
mistrust, or is this not true at all? They also said while France is very 
well taken care of with free health care and college, the French are also 
very unhappy and come in just behind the Italians for being unhappy.
Are the Danes really so happy, and the Italians so very unhappy?
Thanks,
GBMT

GoneBeforeMyTime ha scritto:
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Italy is not so unhappy.
Italian National Health service is better than NHS of the other European 
countries. There are many reasons to be unhappy, including social ed 
economic problems and in some parts of the country the mafia. Anyway, I 
think that Italians are happy and unhappy just like the other european 
citizens.
Regards.
Gc

citizens.
  Giusto per dire... visto che siamo in argomento (!!!) se in Italia aumentano i
poveri ed i ricchi sono sempre piu' ricchi... vuol dire solo che il nostro
"capitalismo" sta evolvendo... chissa' pero' perche' tutto cio' dia fastidio!
  Ipocrisia... e faccie da culo a go go!
     CIAO!

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Probably it's true and Italians talk about it liberally, but if you as
a foreigner dare to say it, they get all pissed of and they deny it.
But these kinds of statistics are a bit lame. It's hard to measure,
even if it's true that our quality of life and people's wealth in the
last 10 years have decreased (compared to the astonishing rise of all
prices).
Bottom line: Italy is the most beautiful country in the world, if you
don't live in it.
Ciao
Luca

 Luca
I think America should be the unhappiest country in the world, since Bush 
emptied the cash box, spending nearly a trillion dollars on the war in 
credit, bankrupting the nation and strapping our children with debt for 
decades to come. It seems with no healthcare, credit card debt, skyrocketing 
costs of college education, and the scandals that have driven down the 
housing market and slashing the values of our houses nearly in half, you 
would think we would be very unhappy as Americans.
I suppose many of us are angry, but not necessarily unhappy. Happiness as a 
state of mind in America is divided in brief moments of ecstasy, driving our 
gas guzzling Hummers, fooling with our Ipods, or watching Monday night 
football on monster big screen HDTV. Since Americans are drowning in 
Entertainment, the masses are too drugged out on cheap electronic gadgets to 
be unhappy, but I think they must be angry at times over Bush and his 
totalitarian take over of our government. However most people probably feel 
helpless and hopeless when it comes to changing and routing out corruption 
in government. Unlike France, its true that the people don't march and 
protest here because they are afraid of the government. Over here, they kill 
people who march and protest, where as in France they don't, and in France 
the government are afraid of the people, but Americans are definitely afraid 
of our government, and their patriot act.
However, happiness is a state of mind, so I guess the Italians and French 
find it the same way we do, in fleeting moments!
GBMT 

Federico Savini ha scritto:
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Un pe cu seia un dscors cun fa una piga.