{"id":11760,"date":"2019-09-21T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T07:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=11760"},"modified":"2019-09-21T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T07:04:22","slug":"a-decision-that-obliges-residents-of-a-french-city-to-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2019\/09\/21\/a-decision-that-obliges-residents-of-a-french-city-to-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"A decision that obliges residents of a French city to be happy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a controversial decision, the mayor of a small city in France imposed a decision that obliges residents to be &#8220;joyful&#8221; for a whole week.<br>\nHe also banned sad music and miserable books, on the occasion of a local festival. According to the agency &#8220;Sky News&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freddie Revo, the mayor of Essar-en-Bocage, with a population of 9,000, issued an &#8220;official municipal decree&#8221; relating to the week of October 5-11, where the city is witnessing the first edition of a music festival named &#8220;Phil&#8221; That flown &#8220;(a delight city).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the rapid spread of the feeling of sadness and its devastating damage, and the high likelihood of experiencing a troubled mood with the fall of the sun and the decline of sunlight, I ask to prevent the entry of anyone who may be an obstacle to the expression of joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decree, dated September 13, prohibits &#8220;the broadcasting of any music that may be deemed depressing, movies, stories or books that end passively.&#8221; It also calls for &#8220;the production of endorphins, the hormones of happiness, by laughing at least three times a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor also expressed regret that &#8220;there is a lot of gloom&#8221; in the country, stressing that he is trying to &#8220;bring a sense of humor in the shops of the city and among the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a controversial decision, the mayor of a small city in France imposed a decision that obliges residents to be &#8220;joyful&#8221; for a whole week. He also banned sad music and miserable books, on the occasion of a local festival. According to the agency &#8220;Sky News&#8221;. Freddie Revo, the mayor of Essar-en-Bocage, with a population &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11761,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11760\/revisions\/11761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}