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I Feel Good About My Ring

August 31, 2007 By Frugal Babe

We watched the first half of Blood Diamond last night, planning to finish it tonight.   It’s horrifying to watch a movie like that, because even though you tell yourself that the people getting shot and hacked to pieces are just actors, you know it’s based on real life.   I was living in Africa in 1999, and would hear news of the Sierre Leone conflict on Radio Free Africa.   But seeing it in technicolor makes it all the more real.  

As we were watching the movie, I kept glancing down at my ring and feeling ever so glad that I am wearing a ring that was made in a lab in the US by highly skilled technicians working under OSHA standards.   Even though the movie points out that only 15% of the world’s dimonds come from “conflict” areas, there are an awful lot more that come from “non-conflict” areas in Africa where the diamonds may not be traded for weapons to fight a civil war, but the working conditions aren’t so spiffy.  

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  1. Kim says

    August 31, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    We only made it through some of the movie but it was enough to convince me if I do get remarried I’ll be getting a ring similar to yours.

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  2. Anon says

    September 4, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    I have to throw out the question…is a boycott really the answer? Diamonds bring a lot of wealth to some countries that rely on that income. I think if we’re talking about human rights only, not frugality, the real point is to get a conflict-free.

    I’m newly engaged, and I left the choice of ring completely up to my fiance. He did buy a diamond ring, and I absolutely love it. No, it doesn’t say anything about us or our relationship, but it was something he chose for me, and I treasure it.

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  3. Anon says

    September 4, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Sorry…my sentence got cut off. I meant to “get a conflict-free certificate.”

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