I still would not buy one darn thing from the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog. It takes pretentious to the next level. How can anyone justify spending $73,000 on a cell phone studded with 7.2 carats of white and pink diamonds? Or buying your own submarine for $1.44 Million. Just because you can doesn't mean that you should! So many people have truely lost sight of what is really important in life and are too absorbed with keeping up with the Jones'! Knowing that there are people in this country without healthcare I could not walk around talking on my $73,000 cell phone! What happened to helping others, helping the environment? When I was a child we only got new stuff when it was our Birthday, Christmas or back to school. We didn't get a new sweater just because! The $73,000 could be spent in a much more usefull manner. Think about how many people could enjoy a Thanksgiving Dinner. You could purchase solar panels for the low income apartment building. How many high school kids could go to Community College on $73,000? The options are endless!
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Isn't it exciting that when you have $73,000 you can do whatever you want with it!!?? There are millions of people spending money on horrible items but what are you buying?? If you are spending your money on contributing to non-profits (with as little as $15/mos) then you are in great shape!
Let's focus on the good stuff!!
Crissi
Slavery in the diamond trade is reason enough not to buy anything diamond studded. Gem mining is a pretty heinous industry that is responsible for a good deal of environmental, social, and political devastation.
http://www.diamondsforafricafund.org/realdiamondfacts/home.htm
http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/diamonds.htm
http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=189
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=188