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Alex Smith
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April 3, 2006 - 02:17 AM
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My names Alex and i'mm looking to speak with someone from a developing country to answer some questions
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adewole taiwo
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April 3, 2006 - 02:29 AM
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i am from Nigeria and i will like to know what u want to know about developing countries, can i be of help to you?
TAIWO
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Catherine A. Lumayaga
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Re: developing country
April 3, 2006 - 05:03 AM
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email me for additional help
depends if you believ we are developing anyway..
myoscarorange@gmail.com
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Re: developing country
April 3, 2006 - 10:04 AM
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What subject do you want to ask ? ( environment, economy, politics,..)
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Babalola Damilare
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April 8, 2006 - 03:43 AM
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Hi Alex, Just to let you know that I am from a developing country and will be willing to shed light on issues or questions you are interested in asking.
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Prince Charles Jiduwah
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May 23, 2006 - 01:49 PM
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I may be of a help! contact me
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May 25, 2006 - 07:32 PM
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Hey, I have a question too.
(I hope I'm not steeling your thread away by leading it into another topic. But this just came into my mind right now...)
Considering the fact that people in developing countries claim to be much happier than those of industrial ones - I remember the results of a survey on the happiness of people around the world in which Nigerian ranked among the top 3: I've asked myself whether it wasn't better to leave these underdeveloped countries underdeveloped?
Don't take me wrong: I've lived in Nigeria myself and dream of a perfect world for all. But what use is it having a modern world with lots and lots of not starving but constantly discontented people? And how come?
Living in Lagos I had to drive to school for hours each day, often had no clean water and no electricity. The air was dirty, there were no parks, three different tribes of ants lived inside my room and fought wars against each other and there was a constant fear of being robbed and possibly murdered.
Now I live in Germany. I’ve got a 50 kb/s – internet connection and everything else I dreamed of so eagerly. But after some weeks it just got normal and now I am just as happy or sad as I was before. It is true: In Nigeria people do smile much more than they do in Germany.
So what do you think?
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May 28, 2006 - 11:03 PM
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That is a good point to think about, OPK. The first adage which comes to mind is "ignorance is bliss." Perhaps people living in conditions we might find deplorable, unlivable, and hard, just might not consider it to be so because they have never lived anything different. To illustrate I will use an example from here in my area. I work with young children in a public school. Many of these children live in poverty, around daily violence, without good nuitrition and in an area which is economically depressed. From my perspective, if I lived in a house where my mom was regularly in jail and when she wasn't, she was getting beat up by her current boyfriend, I had no shoes to wear to school with soles still securely attached, our power and water got shut off last week, we haven't paid rent in two months and all I've had to eat for two days is left over pizza I would be miserable. However, that is because my definition of "normal" quite obviously varies from the definition of "normal" these children have developed. Are they happy all the time: no; but then neither and I and I'm lucky enough not to have to struggle with those issues. So, perhaps you're right that introducing new ideas or ways of living into a country might disrupt feelings of happiness but is that okay if people are safer and more educated? I think that very question might be a very significant and never-endind debate. It does make think a bit, too of colonialism--weren't the first missionaries and colonial leaders going in with the premise of "saving" savages and bringing civilization and better quality of life to people who were thought to have none? hhhmmm...lots to think about with this query.
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June 1, 2006 - 02:15 AM
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[/b]The first adage which comes to mind is "ignorance is bliss." Perhaps people living in conditions we might find deplorable, unlivable, and hard, just might not consider it to be so because they have never lived anything different.[b]
A good point, but one I disagree with although I somewhat understand your point of view.
I believe most of these so called happy people in the developing countries and those children you mentioned in your example living in deplorable situations are aware that a better standard of life is possible even if they might not have lived it themselves hence they cant be said to be ignorant of that fact. No one enjoys poverty no matter how happy they may seem. Their ability to continue to live with a positive outlook should not be confused with not knowing that a better life exists.
The perceived happiness in due in my opinion to the ability of people in these conditions to value the little things that people in affluent circumstances have forgotten.
People in these disadvantaged positions often are grateful for what they have and celebrate little things such as having a meal, being healthy or even alive, things their more affluent fellow human beings take for granted.
Affluence and satisfaction of the basic human needs seems to lead to humans striving for more and worrying more about what they lack rather than being thankful for what they have.
The initiator of this thread alluded to the fact that It may be better for the Developing countries to stay Underdeveloped to remain happy, I disagree, why not get developed and retain the mindset of the cup being half full always and be thankful for that which you have.
Just a thought..
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June 1, 2006 - 09:57 AM
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I do think that you could be right however, I think that the issue needs to be examined much more closely than is probably possible to do here. We need to really understand why people who live in poverty are happy (and certainly not everyone in poverty is happy or optimistic just as not everyone who is wealthier is unhappy). Is it because they are unaware that a better life can exist? (With the case of children, I do think this is the most plausible scenario. Research, for example, with children who have been abused from an early age shows they don't often know until later that the abuse is abnormal.) Is it because they know a better life does exist but will never exist for them? Is it because they do, as you said, just appreciate the smaller joys in life that often are overlooked by others? I'm going to speculate that there is not just one answer to this question. Just as we are all unique people living in unique circumstances, we are going to develop ways of viewing life based on our experiences, learned behavior, social attitudes, and genetics.
As for the whole developed versus developing terminology, that too, I think could be a debate. Are "developed" countries really any further along than developing countries? Whose standards are we using to assess this? What exactly are these "developing" countries really striving to get developed? Does this terminology perpetuate the parental attitude of developed countries towards developing countries? And, such this dialogue could go on for a long time 
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Salvador Y. Dipp Bueno
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June 12, 2006 - 08:31 PM
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i can tell u this much, living in both USA and in the Dominican Republic has allowed me to see the to faces of the story.
Meanwhile in USA, everyone is working hard and living an organize life, the essence of human beens is the "living how i feel like living way" which u can perfectly accomplish in Dominican Republic, so what im trying to say is that for some people its good to live in the conditions they live, because only under those conditions they can enjoy there life...Another thing u have to see here is the fact that its not convinient for politicians to have smart habitants,,,cus most of the politicians abuse of the stupidity of people, and thats how they find there way in the Political Life...so you have to look at things in different ways, and u have to live in both, bad and good condition...Because i can be very happy here in D.R. no police, party everywhere...nice people, hot gurlz...Bla Bla BLa...but not everytthing is like that..there is also alot of murdering..kidnapping..drugs...so lets say u have to look at things different ways in order to establish priorities....thats what has to be done...les BLA BLA BLA..and more action in favor of the people and habitants that need of assistance...ive always said it...once there is REAL decision...everything in the world would be as its suppose to be.
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Prince Charles Jiduwah
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July 1, 2006 - 03:19 PM
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You see when someone is used to one way of life he feels like that is the only way. Poverty is a thing that many people get used to, when you even try to get them out of it they think you want them dead.
Nigerians are happy people yes, and some live in poverty even though is almost impossible to put a figure on the real people living in Poverty there. But inspite of all the ills and evil governance they are used to, the make a living from that they can get and become happy.
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July 31, 2006 - 05:26 AM
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Hey OPK. I aslo believe that people in underdeveloped countries are happier. iv'e been to US and I prefer Africa to the West any day. It is because of our culture. We are taught to appreciate what we have even as we work for more. We share; and we don't live thinking 'I want it now!' If we maintain the positive aspects of our culture - we can develop and still be happy!
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August 1, 2006 - 10:04 PM
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I think people in developed nations are just caught up with all the advances they have in technology and whatsoever.Maybe that's why they feel that inside them they're missing something and feel unhappy.Unlike in developing countries where the way of life is much simpler and where people are more appreciative of simple things.Making them fulfilled and happy.
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August 6, 2006 - 05:13 PM
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developing countries are in the situation to lost identity and human values cause of ecomomical presures and lack of knowledge of being able no matter of what to change things only with dedications, education and positive actions
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