I am glad I don't sell real diamonds

I watched in horror last night as the Discovery Channel aired the mini series "Diamond Road". I was thoroughly dismayed at the treatment of the people that mine the diamonds. If you have not seen the series I encourage you to do so especially if you own or wear diamonds.

I for one will not be part of that greedy and horrific abuse that goes on in the diamond industry. I am so glad that many of the gemstones can be manufactured in the lab nowadays. After all why do we put so much emphasis on the word "genuine" when it comes to gemstones. All their function is - is to look pretty. I can see the diamond industry going the same way of the old fur industry. When fake furs were introduced there was no more reason to trap and kill animals for their fur anymore. Now with lab produced diamonds that are made of carbon just like the nature made ones - why do we need to destroy the land and abuse people to mine diamonds?

In my opinion they should have named that series "Road of Despair" but would they have that many people watching it?