@Indonesia-Phil saidI've witnessed people spontaneously dancing joyfully in the street in Haiti, celebrating, seemingly, nothing but being alive, simply because four people happened to have musical instruments and started playing. And all around them were heaps of stinking, rotting, uncollected, garbage.
I think you describe well the 'human condition' , we are all of us subject to periods or moments when life seems a dreary or troublesome thing, regardless of said life, and I daresay people living in a tent somewhere in Gaza have their moments of happiness. I think we need 'a bit of everything' to keep us sane and functioning, constant happiness would get boring after ...[text shortened]... - awareness, whilst our subconscious gets on with the job in hand; gotta make it through somehow...
@kmax87 saidI don’t think terrorizing suicidally depressed people into fearing death even more than they hate life is a “benefit” but those who value duty to society more than the well being of individuals might see it that way. Dead people don’t work but terrified people do.
So religious fanaticism has its benefits?
FInland, the Happy People ..
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The Supreme Court of Finland has issued a mixed ruling in the high-profile Bible trial of parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen. In a 3-2 decision, the court convicted her of 'hate speech' for a pamphlet she authored 22 years ago.
The 2004 publication, titled Male and Female He Created Them, outlines her biblical views on marriage and sexuality. The court also convicted Bishop Juhana Pohjola for publishing the text, ordering fines and the removal of the content online.
In a partial victory for free speech, the court unanimously acquitted Räsänen for a 2019 tweet quoting Romans 1:24-27. The judges ruled that quoting the Bible in that context did not meet the legal criteria for criminal incitement.
Despite two previous unanimous acquittals by lower courts, this final verdict marks the end of a seven-year legal battle. Räsänen has expressed her intent to appeal the conviction to the European Court of Human Rights.
'I am shocked and profoundly disappointed that the court has failed to recognize my basic human right to freedom of expression,' Räsänen stated. She emphasized that she stands by her faith and will continue to defend the right to share convictions.
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Take that happiness and stick it up your butt....
@sh76 saidMaybe the survey was taken in the middle of July.
So, let me get this straight.
Darkness in the winter (remember, over-all they have the same number of daylight hours as everyone else over the course of the year) is enough to get them depressed enough so that they need to resort to alcoholism to cope.
But it's not enough to stop them from finishing at the top on all these happiness surveys/studies?