Diamonds... those shiny stones that every girls love (supposedly) and every man will buy when they are proposing to their GFs. I saw this article that was referenced by someone on Tomorrow.sg which is a list of reasons why you should not accept diamonds from anyone. It is not a tirade against marriage and the symbolism and ceremony surrounding marriage, but a list of myths about diamonds. In the list, some reasons given are that one's been psychologically conditioned to want diamonds, they are overpriced and have no resale or investment value, and that the diamond trade is linked to child labour, slave labour, environmental problems, civil wars, small arms trade, etc. Pretty grim picture, if you ask me. The problem is, I am not really sure the of the validity of this article but it seems to cite a number of references like World Bank and Human Rights Watch.
So should we place so much value on diamonds? Maybe someone can really enlighten me.
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