Comments on: Oh, De Beers you’ll drink

By: CGHill

CGHill — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:24:33 +0000

Frankly, I think I’d be more useful as mulch, but maybe that’s just me.

By: Lisa Paul

Lisa Paul — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:30:42 +0000

Well, for true ecologically sound political correctness, there’s a California company that will compress the ashes of your cremated pet (or spouse) into a diamond, or reasonable facsimile thereof. See, I told you we in the Golden State think different.

By: Kay Dennison

Kay Dennison — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:45:04 +0000

Diamonds aren’t this girl’s best friend. Seeing “Blood Diamond” killed any desire I might have had ever for them. And getting married again is too high a price to own one anyway. LOL

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:47:28 +0000

Eh, I need to eat. But I don’t need diamonds. If I can reduce my load of contributing to misery in the world (even in my own mind), I will.

By: paulsmos

paulsmos — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:36:14 +0000

Yeah, and fruits/vegetables are picked by oppressed migrant Latinos and clothing is sewn by sweat-shop Asiatics…Blah Blah Blah!

I’ll buy as many baubles, eat as much produce, and wear any garment I like.

kiss my ass, bleeding hearts.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:38:01 +0000

I know more than a few women of my generation who opted for either a different kind of stone (preferably one mined in North America: I know someone who had an amethyst engagement ring and it was really quite pretty) or no ring at all because of the diamond “cruelty” issue. (And I kind of lean that way myself. Not that I anticipate ever wearing an engagement ring, at this point.)

I guess I’ve hit Holly Golightly’s minimum age for wearing diamonds, but I still can’t quite see doing it. I guess I have more the “repurposed vintage typewriter key on a length of silk corde” type of lifestyle than the diamond lifestyle.