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  • Finally. DeBeers Class Action Lawsuit.

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.

 #119263  by SineSwiper
 Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:24 pm
At bit too little, too late. Though, at least it's something. I'm still waiting for Apollo to start releasing their diamonds to the public. You can already get a Genesis yellow diamond, though.

 #119270  by Zeus
 Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:43 pm
God I hope DeBeers gets molested in unspeakable ways. They've been one of the worst monopolies for a long, LOOONG fucking time.

 #119324  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:35 am
They're only a century and a half late I suppose.

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Just a note of interest, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien both considered Cecil Rhodes to be among the most evil people in history. It has been speculated that Saruman is largely based off of Rhodes (Tolkien lived in South Africa), and CS Lewis's character Weston from the Cosmic Trilogy. CS Lewis mentions evil people in British history and uses two names: one Modred (the evil son of King Arthur who brought ruin the England) and the other Cecil Rhodes.

 #119337  by Tessian
 Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:52 pm
Everybody wants to be a monopoly, but nobody likes a monopoly. I hope the girl I end up with is practical enough to see through the DeBeers monopoly and their artificially created value of diamonds as jewelry. I'll buy her a decent gold band and put a down payment on a car or something for her with what I saved.

 #119345  by SineSwiper
 Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:13 pm
We have matching titanium bands. I wanted to go Gemesis, but even their yellow diamonds are expensive. (Despite being a fifth of the price of DeBeers' yellow diamonds.) When Apollo starts selling their diamonds, I might buy some of those, if nothing else to show my support.