Oh good God, it's started....
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Damn right it's an orderairmich said:Is that a direct order, sir?
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But, in all seriousness, from what I've seen, it's an entertaining flick, and it depicts the whole "Blood Diamond" situation quite accurately: as it was about 5 years ago when some 20% or so of ALL diamonds were of the blood variety. Today, it stands at less than 1%. IRONY ALERT: Hollywood is late jumping on the band wagon for this one. Oh well, they may say? Well, Sierra Leone, which is depicted in the film, actually is distributing its collective diamond wealth fairly well. This film may keep people from buying diamonds from there, thus causing them more suffering.
Oh, Hollywood, when will you ever learn?
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I didn't see it ...
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_diamond/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
My eyes were glued to the body of Daniel Craig in
Casino Royale, to focused to see anything else !
(But I watch a bit of Oprah on the movie, does that count : )?
http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200612/20061204/slide_20061204_350_101.jhtml
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_diamond/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
My eyes were glued to the body of Daniel Craig in
Casino Royale, to focused to see anything else
!(But I watch a bit of Oprah on the movie, does that count : )?
http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200612/20061204/slide_20061204_350_101.jhtml
AJFitzpatrick
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It the Attawapiskat First Nation that is the community that is actually affected . According to the DeBeers website; that community voted 85% in favour of the Impact Benefit Agreement.
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Just another land/cash grab. I'm sure the protest didn't go out when they were prospecting. Or test core drilling. Or doing seismic vein analysis. Funny how only confirmed mineral deposits end up being contested.
And spare me the "precious forest" argument. You know as soon as they bog it down with BS arguments and DeBeers pulls pin they will be clear cutting that forest like an amature porn actor on their way to their first audition.
And spare me the "precious forest" argument. You know as soon as they bog it down with BS arguments and DeBeers pulls pin they will be clear cutting that forest like an amature porn actor on their way to their first audition.
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Metaphor is my life. ;D
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I did last weekend. Its set in Sierra Leone (of course) in 1999, when the civil war reached its height. Its a fiction based on real events.airmich said:
If anyone sees the movie or knows anything about the history of conflict diamonds then they know that the aboriginals are just sending smoke signals...or other hot gases up people butts.
When I see pictures of first nation people with their hands cut off, their women raped and disfigured, and their children brainwashed into become child solders and killing their own parents....then perhaps I will believe diamonds from N Ontario may be called "blood diamonds".
I find their comparison to what happened in Africa disgustingly "unpolitically" correct.
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I think I found a new excuse this Christmas.
"Sorry honey, I wanted to buy you those diamond earings but I just couldn't come to grips with supporting an industry that clear cuts our precious forests and destroys the culture of our First Nations people... So intead I bought you this 60" Plasma TV, complete with universal remote and Dolby THX surround sound. Merry Chirstmas Sweetheart! ;D"
"Sorry honey, I wanted to buy you those diamond earings but I just couldn't come to grips with supporting an industry that clear cuts our precious forests and destroys the culture of our First Nations people... So intead I bought you this 60" Plasma TV, complete with universal remote and Dolby THX surround sound. Merry Chirstmas Sweetheart! ;D"
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