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I was pointed to this article by one of my many North American online friends and I have to say, it made me feel kind of bad that many of the things that I take for granted in my daily life, are things that one really shouldn't take for granted.

I think the argument that we Danes have lower expectations and generally don't take pleasure in rubbing our success in other peoples' faces, is spot on. There's a book, ironically written by a Norwegian, which perfectly illustrates these "rules" (http://www.ling.gu.se/~hansv/berra3/janteloven.html don't worry it is translated into English).

As for my happiness, well, I certainly have nothing to be sad about... but there's always room for improvement, eh?

About the defense/NATO comment, why do you think Denmark joined NATO? If the US is the high school sports jock, then Denmark is its nerdy geek friend ;-)

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