[Jewelry making - Article 01070] - Re: [Orchid] Suggestions for Lapidary Journal

[Dawn Bellemare]

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>     There is very fine cutting done in China and Sri Lanka.

    Richard, I do not deny that many of the differences are/can be
    simply differences in economy and perception. However, you surely
    cannot deny that there are places stones are cut in horrible
    sweatshop conditions and and that there are workers paid unfairly
    poor wages? 

>      We Americans seem to like to be ignorant of the world view of
>     things and the current war is absolute proof of the lack of
>     connection we have to other nations and cultures. We talk a great
>     talk, we just don't act the way we talk. 

    America definitely has a problem with it's view of the rest of the
    world. But, it isn't completely blind either. And neither am I. I
    have lived abroad. And my brother is due in February for his 2nd
    tour in Iraq. You presume an awful lot in your efforts to 'correct'
    assumptions and grind other people down. D

Dawn B.

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