{"id":1317,"date":"2011-12-04T19:38:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T19:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/04\/the-sad-truth-about-the-fight-against-blood\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:29:58","slug":"the-sad-truth-about-the-fight-against-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/04\/the-sad-truth-about-the-fight-against-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sad Truth About the Fight Against Blood Diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/767983841\/the-sad-truth-about-the-fight-against-blood-diamonds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/767983841\/the-sad-truth-about-the-fight-against-blood-diamonds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/k7w-Tie-MvBieIUFat5mIzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><\/a><br \/> The Kimberley Process&rsquo;s refusal to address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny has rendered it hopelessly ineffectual. In effect, it has become an accomplice to diamond laundering. \u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/edward-zwick\/blood-diamonds-kimberley-process_b_1128070.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; Liberties The Kimberley Process&rsquo;s refusal to address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny has rendered it hopelessly ineffectual. In effect, it has become an accomplice to diamond laundering. \u00a0Via huffingtonpost.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/11\/07\/itison-via-xkcd-water-delivery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1317,"position":0},"title":"itison: (via xkcd: Water Delivery)","author":"aslam","date":"November 7, 2015","format":"image","excerpt":"itison: (via xkcd: Water Delivery)","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/tumblr_nxf4sg8jvb1qzomv6o1_540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/tumblr_nxf4sg8jvb1qzomv6o1_540.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/11\/tumblr_nxf4sg8jvb1qzomv6o1_540.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1708,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/03\/04\/hate-comes-to-orange-county-via-cairsocal\/","url_meta":{"origin":1317,"position":1},"title":"Hate Comes to Orange County\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"March 4, 2011","format":"video","excerpt":"Hate Comes to Orange County (via cairsocal)(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In \"islamophobia\"","block_context":{"text":"islamophobia","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/islamophobia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/NutFkykjmbM\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":428,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/09\/30\/bash-and-zsh-startup-via-shell-startup-scripts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1317,"position":2},"title":"Bash and zsh startup (via\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"September 30, 2014","format":"image","excerpt":"Bash and zsh startup (via Shell startup scripts \u2014 flowblok\u2019s blog)","rel":"","context":"In \"Linux\"","block_context":{"text":"Linux","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/linux\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncqny60ucr1qdd1i8o1_1280.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncqny60ucr1qdd1i8o1_1280.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncqny60ucr1qdd1i8o1_1280.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncqny60ucr1qdd1i8o1_1280.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/tumblr_ncqny60ucr1qdd1i8o1_1280.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/05\/11\/via-cookie-factory-h-arcanum-urban\/","url_meta":{"origin":1317,"position":3},"title":"(via Cookie Factory H. -\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"May 11, 2015","format":"image","excerpt":"(via Cookie Factory H. - arcanum. urban exploration.) 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