Pumps' Perplexities

Because of the new movie "Blood Diamond" we now have a
new item in the jewelery store.......A "conflict diamond".....

What gets me is that diamonds were always mined in some
countries that had "political conflicts".....Come to think of
it most of the stuff we buy and use, in this new global
economy, may come from a "country with some kind of
conflict"......China has "conflict"......Some of the oil
producing countries have "conflict"......Clothing comes
from some third world countries that have "conflict"......

It will now be demanded that a diamond come with a
"certificate" proving that it did not originate in a "conflict"
country......I think it is only fair that we get a "certificate"
with our gas, clothing and foreign fruit.......Just wait and
see, "conflict" diamonds will become more rare and
more valuable than non-conflict, run in the mill, diamonds
just like everything else that has a "certificate" attached
to it.......Pumps