Postcards from Hell
Jun. 22nd, 2010 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holly_evolvingThis is what a failed state looks like:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/postcards_from_hell?page=full
The image from the Congo illustrates pretty well why my diamond was grown in a lab. This is the life of a legal diamond miner. If the miner dies from overwork in unhealthy conditions, the stone doesn't count as a blood diamond. If you buy a diamond that came from the ground, you are a murderer.
Congo's diamond problem: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/congo.htm
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/postcards_from_hell?page=full
The image from the Congo illustrates pretty well why my diamond was grown in a lab. This is the life of a legal diamond miner. If the miner dies from overwork in unhealthy conditions, the stone doesn't count as a blood diamond. If you buy a diamond that came from the ground, you are a murderer.
Congo's diamond problem: http://www1.american.edu/ted/ice/congo.htm