Happy new year? I'm not done complaining about the old one

In the new year's message from Serbian prime minister Vojislav Koštunica:

"On its way out is a year which was, by many measures, difficult. In that year we did not live the way we expected and how we deserve."

So it isn't so much that you ought to be wished a happy new year. It's much more important that you be persuaded that the old one was sad.