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The blood diamond cartel, De Beers, has pleaded guilty to price fixing (surprise!) and receives... get this... A slap on the wrist and a paltry 10 million dollar fine.
THEY FUCKING SELL DIAMONDS!
10 million ain't worth shit to them! What a world!
I don't want to buy a diamond ring whenever I get engaged (again) out of personal beliefs but I don't know how likely it will be that my partner will feel the same. After all, ROCK OF CARBON == LOVE as we've all been programmed to believe.
The solution may lie in cultured diamonds but there's always a chance that people will equate "cultured" with "imitation". Oh well...
Other links:
Wired article: The New Diamond Age
THEY FUCKING SELL DIAMONDS!
10 million ain't worth shit to them! What a world!
I don't want to buy a diamond ring whenever I get engaged (again) out of personal beliefs but I don't know how likely it will be that my partner will feel the same. After all, ROCK OF CARBON == LOVE as we've all been programmed to believe.
The solution may lie in cultured diamonds but there's always a chance that people will equate "cultured" with "imitation". Oh well...
Other links:
Wired article: The New Diamond Age