Blood Diamonds Diamonds may enjoy a romantic image as a girl’s best friend, but have you ever thought about where your diamonds come from; you’re engagement ring, your wedding band, or any other diamonds that you might own? I often wondered where they came from and then I found out. How would you feel if I told you this precious stone also plays a far less appealing role? “ The diamond that you put …showed first 75 words of 1818 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1818 total…is the story that people want their diamond to tell, but then again they might not care. How could you not care that you may have a diamond “ whose gleam is stained with the blood of a thousand (Came, 24).” When people are dying for something that is suppose to stand for love, we have to acknowledge there is a problem socially, economically, and politically not only in the U.S but other countries as well.