[meteorite-list] NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:11 2004
Message-ID: <401C2955.4090006_at_dlc.fi>

Not much to add... I´m also a collector of gems and minerals, so the
story of the "blood diamonds" from Sierra Leone, Kongo etc is familiar.
Anyway, I suppose, this "high moral case" was originally started by
DeBeers
syndicate...;-

best regards,

pekka s

Rafael B. Torres wrote:

> Hello list and WELLCOME to a globalized world, I dont really know
> deeply the problems that are now in Africa and Sahara, but I do
> understand how globalization works. Anything you buy in the confort of
> your house or your city, you NEVER know where it comes from for sure,
> with millions of miles and millions of people touching money these
> days, you never know to who you give your money, lets put an example.
> Diamonds, gold, etc...while you go to a store in your city and buy a
> ring for your wife, you wont know from where did they mined out that
> diamond, companies always buy what is cheaper, once the diamond s out
> of the land you dont know if it comes from Africa, america or any
> other place...get this, if you get water from the faucet in America
> and then you fill the other part of the glass with water from Europe,
> its impossible to determine wich waters comes from where...its the
> same here.
>
> In his globalized world where you actually buy stuff from all over the
> world, it gets mixed and you only know where it comes from because of
> the Tag (Made in China, Made in Mexico, etc). How do you really
> know?...next time you buy something, just remember...you might be
> financing a war, you might be givin money to a good mans family.
> Buying NWA meteorites you might be givin money to the mafia or might
> be helping a bedouine and his family, the prloblem is that you DONT know.
>
> Another thing, just think for a moment. If you buy meteorites from
> USA, you are activating american economy, is that money going to be
> used in anoter IRAK war?..then you too will be killing people. What Im
> telling you is that no matter where you buy meteorites...American,
> mexicans, europeans, italians, africans, you neverknow who you are
> helping. I think this is just an invention...this is new world with
> new rules.
>
>
> 2001 Space Collection
> Rafael B. Torres
>
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