I saw the poster below and wanted to provide a brief commentary along with it concerning diamonds. Let me first say, this is not meant to be a guilt trip for those who have already bought a diamond ring. Unfortunately, many people have already heard about some of the atrocities and ignored the issue anyways. Our world is in the terrible state that it is because we do not live by the values we pretended to uphold.
The quest and desire for diamonds have caused terrible atrocities in our world. Would you buy a diamond engagement ring if someone lost a limb for it?
Flash animation on the trade in conflict diamonds
Thanks for helping to create awareness. I was completely unaware of this situation till last summer when I hear Kanye West’s Song, “Diamonds from Sierra Leone”. Anyway, thanks for bringing up the subject. I’ll definitely look into it further.