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I'm happy you brought up this quality of life subject again, and I hope we will keep worrying it. My earlier diary brought out many good comments, but unfortunately got sidetracked into other issues - although still related to happiness ;-)

The other aspect of happiness that we've also been round the ET houses with earlier is 'Dignity'. Hard to define beyond "the state of being worthy of honor or respect", but a state that it essential IMO for happiness. It is a state that has nothing to do with celebrity, and nothing to do with money or ownership, though having these does not preclude conicident individual dignity.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Apr 1st, 2008 at 08:14:17 AM EST
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Yes- the idea applies strongly to the disabled-- need to think on this.

I also hoped your diary on "quality of life" would go further-- seems a fundamental issue for anyone who would dare to prescribe or proscribe.
Ah, well.
 

"There is mysterious music in democracy, when people decide to believe in themselves." ---Bill Greider, The Nation.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Tue Apr 1st, 2008 at 10:01:52 AM EST
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