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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.college
Subject: South African boycotts
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 17:27:24 EST
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As part of the anti-South African demonstrations and efforts, there have
been picketings of places that sell Krugerrands, along with pressures on
those stores, banks, and coin dealers to discontinue handling this SA
product. However, I have seen absolutely NO evidence of any similar
campaigns or efforts against diamonds. 

Since the vast majority of the world diamond supply comes from South
Africa, and the deBeers combine/cartel/whatever is widely known to
control the world diamond trade, why is this? Diamonds are an obvious
target -- why are there no moves to counter the pro-diamond advertising
(very common in many magazines) and link buying (and even wearing)
diamonds with supporting SA? 

This discrepancy is so obvious and glaring that it makes me suspicious;
I just wonder why...

Will