tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post1241279878419054214..comments2023-08-27T14:47:46.263+05:30Comments on There And Back Again...: Digging Diamonds!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-75376868747575420832014-08-03T11:03:22.927+05:302014-08-03T11:03:22.927+05:30Really sad brian... its horrible... I loved and ha...Really sad brian... its horrible... I loved and hated that movie... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-15549861161044569582014-08-03T11:02:05.255+05:302014-08-03T11:02:05.255+05:30Hi amy... thank you for commenting... you seem to ...Hi amy... thank you for commenting... you seem to have aperfect match.... I very frankly however amy was quite unaware of the slavery behind diamonds and the pain in each stone until I saw tthe movie.. it left me aghast and weeping.. for days heartbroken and in pain.. sadly by then I was already engaged and married and gotten my ring... I couldnt have imagine buying myself such a henious crime again ever... I boycott! Thank you for commenting amy... love.. be sure to send those letters!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-40354209011025550482014-08-02T03:19:36.519+05:302014-08-02T03:19:36.519+05:30Arushi, I am so glad you commented at my blog, so ...Arushi, I am so glad you commented at my blog, so I could see this work. When my husband and I became engaged, I told him bluntly NOT to buy me a "blood diamond." I handed him my mother's engagement ring, which was willed to me, and asked him to resize it. He was trying to work up the nerve to tell me he could not in good conscience BUY a blood diamond. Good match.<br /><br />I have walked the high side and low side of the economy, but the thought of slavery is so revolting, especially as it exists side by side with (and companies often owned by) the same "rarified" upper classes. I've written about child slavery, prostitution, trafficking. This, told from the man's point of view, is just as heartbreaking. Thank you for reminding me I need to send some emails to Congress and tell them (again) to get off their butts and ACT. Namaste, AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-86984697475022364682014-08-01T03:39:30.575+05:302014-08-01T03:39:30.575+05:30sad...i was talking to my boys about blood diamond...sad...i was talking to my boys about blood diamonds the other day....sad that we still have slavery in this day and age as well....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-50713492508234333822014-08-01T02:16:33.816+05:302014-08-01T02:16:33.816+05:30thank you judith!thank you judith!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-18600820024024691112014-08-01T02:16:22.292+05:302014-08-01T02:16:22.292+05:30:):)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-59968534040947745792014-08-01T00:42:21.388+05:302014-08-01T00:42:21.388+05:30Yes, this is why I have never wanted a diamond. We...Yes, this is why I have never wanted a diamond. Well-written reminder of the high price we pay for diamonds. I especially love the lines "If only you were to forsake these diamonds For love, humanity, another's wounds..."Judith C Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900422363643962837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-12424564486112525682014-08-01T00:33:18.346+05:302014-08-01T00:33:18.346+05:30I'm not a fan of diamonds, either ~I'm not a fan of diamonds, either ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-83723026225114393692014-08-01T00:22:54.188+05:302014-08-01T00:22:54.188+05:30And maybe it will give him hope susan!! thank you!...And maybe it will give him hope susan!! thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-89162250697458521202014-08-01T00:22:00.538+05:302014-08-01T00:22:00.538+05:30thank you sherry i will email you!!thank you sherry i will email you!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-74146265216934500362014-08-01T00:21:37.380+05:302014-08-01T00:21:37.380+05:30thank you Rose!thank you Rose!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765039970274452443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-83669575284065178892014-08-01T00:17:45.375+05:302014-08-01T00:17:45.375+05:30Wow! Take on those Diamonds! I really like this ...Wow! Take on those Diamonds! I really like this turn in the middle:<br />"Oh no! Don't get me wrong Lady,<br />Who am I to blame your princess-like story,"<br />The awareness the oppressed man has of who benefits makes his story so much more poignant. And his "If only in the last 4 lines is a simple truth. He must work. We must boycott.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-60803212552002291552014-08-01T00:17:41.850+05:302014-08-01T00:17:41.850+05:30Arushi, would you please email me at WildWoman2@sh...Arushi, would you please email me at WildWoman2@shaw.ca ? I have something to ask you, kiddo.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-14065557894350601412014-08-01T00:16:21.849+05:302014-08-01T00:16:21.849+05:30You have captured their plight so well. Awesome wr...You have captured their plight so well. Awesome write, Arushi!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495919712365506382.post-88746101796178351882014-08-01T00:12:55.450+05:302014-08-01T00:12:55.450+05:30Always worth thinking about where our jewels come ...Always worth thinking about where our jewels come from...the best gifts are ones found - little pebbles...pieces of ribbon...well said Arushi! Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com