Posted on 12/08/2006 7:40:22 PM PST by goldstategop
FONDA: "This is not about we don't like diamonds. It's that we have to be conscious of what we're buying and not buying, and buy them only if they're blood free."
These people, the libs sound more stupid by the day! They're more concerned about carats than about living, breathing human beings. They spout this nonsense to feel morally superior and to look down upon those they consider beneath them. Like the world really cares what they think! The world is governed by the aggressive use of force and libs are oblivious to the fact that even oil involves people being killed to produce it to power everything that makes life comfortable. But hell's bells, you won't see them lose precious sleep over that. In their tiny minds, the purity of their precious diamond carat comes first.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
There's money to be made in making suckers feel guilty.
Wearing fur is OK now, so the liberal fashionistas had to find another cause to whine about.
...that said, there are some promising technologies for synthesizing higher quality diamonds than are typically found in nature. No telling what this "Kimberly process" is.
And Jane "I have the certificate!!" Fonda.....what a stupid, irrelevant ass she is.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
How in hell could anybody tell if a diamond is "conflict free"
and who would believe a hip hop guy anyway. The whole genre is dominated by street thugs.
If I wasn't still waiting for my turn to marry Liz Taylor, I'd be chasing Ted Turner.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
When I heard this on Rush today, I finally understood the ads I have been hearing on TV, "We sell only Russian diamonds."
I have dodged the bullet on that one. Now I have a perfectly good reason for not buying that diamond brooch my wife wants for Christmas. It could contain "conflict Diamonds"
Damn'd if I'll be a party to that!
In May 2000, responding to a growing grassroots movement on "blood diamonds," governments and the diamond industry came together in the South African town of Kimberley to combat the trade in diamonds from conflict zones. The result of these negotiations was the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, setting up an internationally recognized certification system for rough diamonds and establishing national import/export standards. In November 2002, 52 governments ratified and adopted the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which was fully implemented in August 2003.
The Kimberley Process was seriously flawed from the beginning. The Kimberley system of "voluntary self-regulation" on the part of the diamond industry has meant a significant lack of transparency and independent monitoring efforts. The World Diamond Council, initially established to represent the diamond industry at the Kimberley Process, has failed to coordinate effective industry monitoring. Governments, too, have been uninterested in monitoring and regulating the diamond trade. Some say the Kimberley Process amounted to little more than a public relations stunt for the diamond industry, and recent reports by Global Witness and other NGOs have found little evidence of genuine attempts to deliver on industry commitments.
No, it's not! Avoid the "conflict free" diamond huntress. :)
FONDA: "This is not about we don't like diamonds. It's that we have to be conscious of what we're buying and not buying, and buy them only if they're blood free."
I wonder if Fatwah Fonda eats Vietnamese food? Even if she doesn't, she helped perpetrate goods that we buy in America from Vietnam that were secured on the backs of massive amounts of blood shed when we left them stranded to face their enemies alone because of people like her whining about how unjust the war was. Their blood is on her hands, and now she's stating we need to buy 'blood free' stuff? She can take a flying leap! http://sacredscoop.com
Bump for later.
I'm sure the mafia believes in "voluntary self-regulation" for all their business ventures.
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