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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: languages & happiness!!  
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 01:27:32 GMT
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ablehr@sn.nono writes in a recent posting (reference <32E507F2.2380@sn.nono>):
>
>The world is as happy as it's going to be already, and to the extent
>that it's not happy, it's not because of lack of "international
>languages" (whatever that may be).
>
I am always amused at the ease with which Usenet conversations can
dismiss huge topics with the wave of a pinkie....

Perhaps happiness is thwarted by isolation, and nurtured by communication.
I know that I have not felt happy when dealing with the frustration of
language barriers. And I do fancy myself happy when I use the international
language Esperanto in meaningful dialog with non-English-speakers.

I don't know what sense it might have to assert that "the world is happy"
but a population of people with increased communication opportunities
might well be made up of happier individuals.

Oh, I dare say I may have stumbled onto a sharp slogan here:
LEARN ESPERANTO: GET HAPPY!

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