The diamond business is a generally corrupt industry in the first place which I hold in the lowest regard. I think most people are just ignorant to the situation with blood diamonds as well as the extraodrinarily manipulative social engineering that has gone into portraying diamonds with the status they are seen to represent, not to mention the De Beers company's generally shady practices at times. (I'd love to provide some sources, but most reading I've done regarding the diamond industry was a couple years ago.)
Personally, I have no intention of ever supporting the industry or the culture it has created.
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