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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:33 pm |
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Quoting alameda: Quoting teaschip1: Quoting alameda: Well, I guess we all have our priorities...hmmm?
Quoting teaschip1: Quoting kafesteki kus: Quoting teaschip1: I happen to love diamonds and believe they are a girls best friend. You can never have too many! |
I strongly disagree.Not diamonds but laughter is the girl's best friend
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Give me a 2kt diamond and I'll show you laughter.  |
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You must be a miserable old lady, with all of your sarcastic remarks.  |
Getting personal my dear? As I said, we all have our priorities, perhaps I should add....and price....My point is: exactly what are you buying when you buy a diamond? What are your priorities when you purchase one? Could that money be put to better use? Of course, there are some that are not so tainted, but do or are you able to discriminate which ones they are? Do you care?
"New details are emerging of links between al-Qaeda and the illicit trade in so-called "blood diamonds" bought from rebel groups in Africa."
"The vast sums of money and weapons exchanged in return for the gems have helped fuel some of the bloodiest civil wars in Africa."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2775763.stm
"The civil war in Sierra Leone has been financed by diamonds, and has always largely been a conflict about who controls the fabulous prize of the country's diamond mines."
BTW I don't shop at WalMart either....  I tend to shy away from businesses that are are not good to their workers or suppliers.
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Let's see now, because a man proposes and gives you a diamond ring, this must mean your priorities are screwed up.
My point is: exactly what are you buying when you buy a diamond? A diamond is a form of carbon that crystallizes in the crystal system of highest symmetry known as the cubic system born hundreds of miles underneath the surface of the earth.
What are your priorities when you purchase one? Well usually the man purchases the diamond, so speaking for a man a symbol of love.
Could that money be put to better use? No.
Of course, there are some that are not so tainted, but do or are you able to discriminate which ones they are? Sure and they are worth thousands more, but then that would mean my priorties were even worse.
Do you care? No.
Getting personal? Yes.
You may not shop at Walmart, but I don't believe for a second you don't have Made in China items in your house.
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:38 pm |
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Oh...I love Walmart....does that make me bad?
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:44 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: Oh...I love Walmart....does that make me bad? |
Where are your priorities girl? Those poor people in the chinese sweatshops making 5 cents a day. Not to mention the flowers they sell, you don't buy flowers there do you? Those same flowers are grown on property that we stole from the Indians.
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:46 pm |
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Did I mention Walmart sells diamonds?
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:47 pm |
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The diamonds are imported by the Jewish community here in New York from Amsterdam and you know what they say about Amsterdam now. 
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:48 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Quoting Elisabeth: Oh...I love Walmart....does that make me bad? |
Where are your priorities girl? Those poor people in the chinese sweatshops making 5 cents a day. Not to mention the flowers they sell, you don't buy flowers there do you? Those same flowers are grown on property that we stole from the Indians.
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Are you joking? First, I find out my beloved husband is a Dudu...then WALMART is employing Chinese people! AND I have flowers grown on stolen land? What the heck else can go wrong...next you will be telling me there is NO SANTA!! 
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 09:51 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: The diamonds are imported by the Jewish community here in New York from Amsterdam and you know what they say about Amsterdam now. |
Yeah...NO WALMART!
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 10:09 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: next you will be telling me there is NO SANTA!! |
And Rudolph is made up as well....
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 10:14 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: Quoting Elisabeth: next you will be telling me there is NO SANTA!! |
And Rudolph is made up as well.... |
But how can Santa see in the snow storm? 
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 10:15 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: Quoting Elisabeth: next you will be telling me there is NO SANTA!! |
And Rudolph is made up as well.... |
Stop it...you are going to make me cry..
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 10:17 pm |
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Now I am confused! What if you get a diamond ring for Christmas...does this mean Santa supports the illegal diamond trade? or does it mean that the elves are Chinese? Does he live on land stolen from the Indians?
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