Even though The Kimberly Diamond Act of 2003 has suposedly cut out the use and sale of conflict diamonds, it is still possible to get diamonds that blood diamonds. The fact is that the Kimberly Diamond Act of 2003 is not perfect, the reality is that the diamond industry is consciously acting from within to protect the integrity of the diamond market by attempting to police the traffic of diamond rough mined from legitimate sources. The unfortunate reality of the Kimberly Diamond Act is that the laws created on behalf of its concept are a lot like drug laws to the degree of their effectiveness, those people who tend to be law abiding citizens and who would already conduct their business lawfully, morally and ethically were doing so before the inception of the law and those who are prone to participating in illegal activities will continue to do so regardless of what laws and procedures may be in effect.
2007-03-21 20:30:04 · 8 answers · asked by Ridin' Dirty 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
IS not purchasing the diamonds going to change anything? I didn't think so either so yes, I would buy them......
2007-03-21 20:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I have never bought a shiny expensive rock. I have never bought a new car. I am forced to pay taxes, it is a law. So by default I am funding the lawmakers and the industries that they legitimize. Girl wants a rock, a shiny one, girl will get one.
I did not watch that movie, yet I know of the terror and horror that is imposed on the peoples that farm and harvest rocks.
If the dame wants a shiny pebble or rock, well advertising works. That is proof.
Humans through history have fancied shiny things and items of interest. The value is in the conception of another's mind. A three carat stone will not bring water to the thirsty, it can if it is mounted on a drill tip and used that way, still will not help the peoples dying for lack of water and food.
News Flash: 50% of Humans will not have drinking water in nine years.
Keep marrying and quadrupling, diamonds are the payment in and of blood.
2007-03-22 03:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend wanted me to get in the business of smuggling grey market diamonds into the US. THis was before the movie, but after they are outlawed in Europe. It was still legal at that time in the US. I found everything we needed, particularly a cutter. I pulled out, because I knew what it was and didn't want blood on my hands. I talked to them, but they miss understood me and thought African thugs might come and kill them. The law was not made to help improve the world but create a shortage. DeBeers was quickly losing their monopoly and this was an attempt to keep certain Diamonds off the Market. If the European was truely concern of peoples well being, we would also regulate Gold. Why don't you watch the Rundown. I thought Stifler was funny.
2007-03-22 04:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While watching the movie, I actually looked down at my engagement ring in disgust and for a split second, pondered getting rid of it. Then I realized how stupid that was. :) As for buying diamonds in the future, I absolutely will NOT. I'm a simple girl who appreciates knock offs more than the real deal, so I have no problem buying diamond-like stones that aren't actually diamonds. It completely disgusts me that things like this happen in this day and age, and I feel relatively helpless and naive about how the world works as a result.
2007-03-24 19:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are expensive because so many are kept off the market. DeBeers has a warehouse in the Netherlands dull of diamonds they keep off the market to keep the price up.
That being the case, why would anybody pay hard cash for something that will lose its comparative value when the market is inevitably flooded? Never mind the ethical questions, folks, it's just bad business.
2007-03-22 03:35:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Diamonds will always be attractive to the underworld, as the are small light weight and easy to conceal. It is knowing your jeweler and doing your own homework. Canada has some of the most exquisite diamonds, mined legally and ethically.
2007-03-22 03:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds are a commodity that is like oil, and jews, russians and south africans hold the cartel. The movie was crap and the idea of diamond marketing and/or economics is offensive. More evidence christians serve the devil.
2007-03-22 04:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Uh Leonardo di Caprio was in that movie. How was he?? I heard he put up that really bad african accent.
2007-03-22 04:07:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋