tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453507097396264161.post8575702381301712655..comments2009-03-31T15:31:04.056+01:00Comments on Drama in the Community: ENGLAND V PORTUGALCarolina Castro-Freirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330892488448526986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453507097396264161.post-54198366438313695972009-01-28T14:27:00.000+00:002009-01-28T14:27:00.000+00:00I think we'd be much happier too! we are LUCKY pe...I think we'd be much happier too! we are LUCKY people!!!!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473143826826954917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453507097396264161.post-82305198985840269442009-01-24T10:54:00.000+00:002009-01-24T10:54:00.000+00:00Saw this link and thought of Rosie and you. It doe...Saw this link and thought of Rosie and you. It doesn't really add much to your search - but I did think it was revealing about the UK. We're bored!<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7848244.stm<BR/><BR/>I've just read a really good book called Happiness by Richard Layard, which suggests that nations should not just assume that economic well being is the most important measure of success - but that lonely rich countries, like Britian have a significantly lower standard of living than some poorer, but more socially active countries. He highlights Ghana and Mexico.<BR/><BR/>Boal also suggests that the richer individuals get the more likely they are to 'defend' their possessions and distrust others and this inevitably leads to isolation, depression and the higher rates of suicide in industrial countries. If we laughed more, shared the little we have more and made time to listen to each without prejudice I think we'd be a much happier country!Mark Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491253019879233562noreply@blogger.com