Blood Diamonds

(The advertisment in the begining is like 20 seconds long, but the video isrealy good...)

I think its ironic that the worlds most precious and valued substance is dug out in the depths of the worlds poorest countries, by the worlds poorest people. i guess it wouldnt be too bad if the people actually gained muh from it, but since they don't, well thats just plain stupid.

The video abve is basically just saying that. That it is crazy that blood is spilt over these things that we simply take for granted. This video made me realize how twisted some things are. How can people be enslaved to mine for precious minerals? To me, it makes no sense. I dont think it would make sense to alot of people, ifthey knew. Even beyond this, the crazy thing is that people know this, but dont really care. What can we do about it anyways? Its not like people will ever not want to buy diamonds, and for desperate people, would they even care if the diamonds they bought were blood diamonds? This whole thing is just about money and politics. Where has the humanity been lost at?

I dont think it would ever be possible to tell people to boycott blood diamonds. The demand is just too great. Something has to be done though. These blood diamonds are just fueling more and more war in certain African countries. I sort of knew about blood diamonds, but then if Kanye West goes so far out of his way to write a song about blood diamonds, it adds some other sense of importance to the issue for me. Like, if this rapper is trying to educate people on this subject then, wow, it must be really important. I dont know what we can do, but i just hope that something can be done.

Blood Diamonds



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