On this note, I once heard some people talking about a friend who had tragically died young. Their main theme in memorializing him - BOY did he like to have fun!
As if "fun" is an independent value to be lauded.
It is instructive that in Lashon Hakodesh there is NO WORD for fun. In Modern Hebrew they say "כיף" ["keyf"]. That word is actually from Arabic. No word is a good indication that the concept is not very central at all to anything.
Incidentally - there is also no word for "Romance" [Modern Hebrew simply borrowed the word "רומנטיקה" from English]. We don't seek romance. We seek "Love". THAT is the real thing.
