[Jewelry making - Article 00056] - Re: [Orchid] conflict diamonds

[Lee Einer]

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    I try to avoid engaging in activities which perpetuate human
    suffering. The fact that 40% of the world's chocolate is produced by
    child slaves inclines me to either boycott cocoa products or find a
    way to restrict my purchasing to the 60% which is not produced by
    child slaves. I agree with you that supporting child slavery is
    atrocious-  the reasonable conclusion is that we should not support
    child slavery. It is not reasonable to conclude that the cocoa
    statistic justifies trading in conflict diamonds- if you wish to use
    the cocoa industry as your ethical benchmark, you could just as 
    easily argue that, since 40% of the cocoa is produced by child
    slaves, you will begin using child slaves to produce your jewelry (I
    know you are a good man and would not do that, but the logic of your
    argument leads down that path.) 

    I do think that it is a great idea that you have the discussion with
    your customers which you describe below- not that it will sell
    diamonds, but it may put some pressure on the cocoa industry :-) . 

Lee Einer

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