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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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05 Nov 2007 Mon 10:50 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: 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? |
It depends on who you ask here. Some may say yes to all of the above. If it was me, I would take the diamond and run without asking questions. 
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 11:00 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: 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? |
More importantly, how did Santa deliver it without Rudalph? What happen to Rudalph..... 
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05 Nov 2007 Mon 11:04 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Quoting Elisabeth: 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? |
More importantly, how did Santa deliver it without Rudalph? What happen to Rudalph..... |
I hope you are not implying that Santa had something to do with Rudolph's disappearance! Maybe Rudolph knew too much....any one of the elves could have done something to him...or FROSTY...You can't trust a man made of snow that walks around in nothing but a scarf and hat!
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 12:52 am |
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Quoting teaschip1: Did I mention Walmart sells diamonds?  |
Maybe it's a joke to you, but there are actually lives being seriously compromised by irresponsible consumer and business practices.
Wal-Mart
"Always low prices", always low standards for corporate responsibility. Wal-Mart dominates the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican markets and is currently China's eighth-largest trading partner. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart confines its leadership to the realm of sales and in other areas promotes the attitude that virtually everything--products, workers, or even communities--can be disposable .
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 03:40 am |
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Quoting teaschip1: 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. |
Why exactly are you so angry at alameda's message, teaschip...?  It looks like you took it completely personally! Of course because you like diamonds doesn't mean that all your priorities are screwed up, but some people think that diamonds are not an important priority and that they don't say anything about love at all. That's the point, so why getting personal and sarcastic about it?
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 02:24 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting teaschip1: 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. |
Why exactly are you so angry at alameda's message, teaschip...? It looks like you took it completely personally! Of course because you like diamonds doesn't mean that all your priorities are screwed up, but some people think that diamonds are not an important priority and that they don't say anything about love at all. That's the point, so why getting personal and sarcastic about it? |
Let me guess, your posts are never personal or sarcastic.. I'm simply tired of her rude comments back to me here. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 02:28 pm |
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Quoting alameda: Quoting teaschip1: Did I mention Walmart sells diamonds? |
Maybe it's a joke to you, but there are actually lives being seriously compromised by irresponsible consumer and business practices.
Wal-Mart
"Always low prices", always low standards for corporate responsibility. Wal-Mart dominates the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican markets and is currently China's eighth-largest trading partner. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart confines its leadership to the realm of sales and in other areas promotes the attitude that virtually everything--products, workers, or even communities--can be disposable . |
Personally speaking, I don't care for Walmart nor do I shop there. However, my son has been working there part-time for two years now and they are VERY good to him. So I don't happen to agree that their workers are disposable. I believe it's all in the management you have.
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 04:02 pm |
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My position is in being a consumer we have responsibilities. I am simply attempting to ask you to think about it.
When you purchase, or encourage others to purchase an item, the practices used in the harvesting and production should be very carefully considered.
If one purchases stolen property, it is a crime. Just because something might be legal does not make it moral.
For a long time it was legal to capture humans, use and sell them into slavery. It was legal. Great wealth was built on the backs of the exploited and enslaved. Some questioned the practice and it was eventually made illegal. Although human trafficking still exists, and there are still clients, it is now recognized as a morally repugnant practice.
If you produce, transport and consume something produced under morally repugnant conditions, you are a part of the problem.
Products that don't sell are not harvested or produced. It's the law of supply and demand.
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06 Nov 2007 Tue 05:57 pm |
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Pls mind your language, when it comes to Santa Claus...
Santa is Turkish... 
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so who changed his name to father Christmas and Diied Maroz?????