“Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” isn’t just a source for this article, it’s quoted extensively—footnotes #1, #7, and #8.

Ah, so it is! I’ll admit, I only skimmed through the first half since it was stuff I had already read, and didn’t actually check the footnote citations. I did mention the Atlantic article mainly because I didn’t see it mentioned by name anywhere, but I definitely didn’t mean to sound like I was accusing you of not citing sources.

Mainly, I just thought it was funny how such an old story (which, again, I only found a couple months back myself) is finally starting to make the rounds, in whatever form. Not a moment too soon!

PS. Hope the quote attempt works!

We invent conspiracy theories to reinforce our faith in hierarchy, rather than face the incredible weakness of hierarchy.

Good quote.

Anyway, the Atlantic article http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond is much much longer, with much more historical detail on the exact process De Beers used, for anyone who’s interested. However, it was published over 20 years ago (nearly 25), so it’s nice to see a bit of updating going on here, as well as that excellent 10-Reasons list.

Just funny that this news seems to be getting out and making the rounds now, of all times.

A completely other thing.. more about alqaida: Jason, do you believe alqaida organised the 911 attack on the WTC and Pentagon? Because I never saw anything mentioned on this site about 911 official theory being full of lies. It looks more like US government attacked itself, like many governments did in history to start a war.
See 911truth.org to see what I mean.

The “9/11 Truth Movement” is insane. The evidence that al-Qa’ida was behind it is overwhelming. Yes, false flag operations have occured in the past and continue to, and yes, it’s certainly something the U.S. gov’t would do. But they didn’t. The U.S. gov’t is not the only evil organization in the world, and not the only one with the means to pull off such an attack.

OK, suggesting that false flag operations don’t happen was just dumb; the question isn’t whether our government is immoral enough to do it (no question there), but whether they did. I mean, the alternative the “9/11 Truth Movement” is putting forward really is “the most intricate and well-executed plot ever ever.” And more importantly (and maybe I’ll write an article on this), what purpose do these conspiracy theories serve? They have an orthodoxy all their own that’s usually far more strict than the “orthodoxy” they rebel against, and what they create is an impression that our government is omnipotent and omniscient. We invent conspiracy theories to reinforce our faith in hierarchy, rather than face the incredible weakness of hierarchy.

(Yes, much of this comment is recycled.)

Golden rings by itself are damn stupid ofcourse. Only few know about the terrible gold mines.

A completely other thing.. more about alqaida: Jason, do you believe alqaida organised the 911 attack on the WTC and Pentagon? Because I never saw anything mentioned on this site about 911 official theory being full of lies. It looks more like US government attacked itself, like many governments did in history to start a war.
See 911truth.org to see what I mean.