Posted on 12/24/2009 4:06:41 PM PST by myknowledge
The conflict diamond business has reemerged and is once again thriving on the blood and sweat of poor Africans.
The U.N. sanctioned Kimberly Process behaved like the Prohibition legislation, which was counterproductive in a sense that more alcohol was consumed and mob-related crime increased. We see here that the conflict diamond trade has increased and more African miners loose their limbs and lives mining this precious allotropic substance from the soil of their resource rich continent.
What do you think?
Strange, I don’t see blood for global cooling being discussed anywhere.
Historically speaking, the moment the UN becomes involved in any program, of any type, anywhere in the world... it is destine to be fail, polluted to death by UN corruption and global scandal.
Money and power has always had it’s price in blood and always will be paid as such..
Wimmin don’t care. They want the carats no matter how many lives are lost (directly or indirectly) getting them to their fingers and ears. A diamond is forever, just like death.
Just in mining accidents alone, almost 400 people are killed in Africa alone while working in the diamond mines.....that info was from an old National Geographic or NOVA special on jewels some twenty years ago.
“Blood Diamonds”. Isn’t that a bit racist?
What’s the big difference between Diamonds prospected for by blacks in Africa,and Nike Shoes made by Chinese prisoners?
Just another attempted guilt trip by some $2.00 an hour writer who had to buy his boyfriend silk panties at Kmart...
Would that every evil in the world were as easy to avoid any sort of complicity in as this one....
Yes it does.
I believe the problem was taken care of by mercenaries; but the UN put made that particular country stop the practice, cause mercenaries = bad. This brought back slavery and the “blood diamonds”. I’m not sure, but I think it was in Congo.
By the way, can a crip where a “blood diamond”? Just curious.
One thing in common: Employment and exploitation of slave labor.
Why do w need so many new diamonds? If they are forever we should be drowning in crystallized carbon. I can see the need for industrial grade diamonds, but we should have more than enough jewelry grade stones.
You thinking Crips Diamonds also?
You asked what I thought. There you have it.
How many folks fret about blood Chinese toys?
or blood cocaine or blood heroin?, blood rum or rhum or sugar or molasses?
or blood soybeans or blood fancy timber from Brasil?
or blood cocoa from west Africa?
or blood alumina from wherever?
P> now back to the real world outside whitelandia, primitive developing nations folks depend on folks making something happen there if they have the chance...metals, ore, petroleum, timber....and they need outside capital and expertise since they lack that domestically
ask any of them what they want...
this reminds me of killing logging towns in the Cascades to save owls and not giving a rip about the locals
Because De Beers legendary multi-decade “A diamond is forever” campaign made sure to implant the notion that 2nd hand diamonds are gauche.
You can't get laid with a pair of Nike shoes.
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