Comments on: Ethically sourced? http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Holbo http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210620 John Holbo Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:04:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210620 Hey jon h, yeah I actually just ordered "Sardine". Thanks for mentioning it. I'm looking forward. Hey jon h, yeah I actually just ordered “Sardine”. Thanks for mentioning it. I’m looking forward.

]]> By: Jon H http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210525 Jon H Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:04:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210525 The two people who did Professor's Daughter also did <i>Sardine in Outer Space</i>, a very colorful, kid-friendly story about a little girl space pirate and her friends, and their struggles against the evil child-hating Supermuscleman. The two people who did Professor’s Daughter also did Sardine in Outer Space, a very colorful, kid-friendly story about a little girl space pirate and her friends, and their struggles against the evil child-hating Supermuscleman.

]]> By: yabonn http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210328 yabonn Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:43:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210328 Woohoo The Professor's Daughter woohoo ! ! Woohoo The Professor’s Daughter woohoo ! !

]]> By: Shelby http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210310 Shelby Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:03:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210310 <i>genuinely rate</i> Genuinely rare? Normally I'll ignore a typo but I know little about gemology, so is "rate" the intended term? genuinely rate

Genuinely rare? Normally I’ll ignore a typo but I know little about gemology, so is “rate” the intended term?

]]> By: James Wimberley http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210295 James Wimberley Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:59:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210295 Ethical source maybe, but what about the sink? Ethical source maybe, but what about the sink?

]]> By: Hidari http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210292 Hidari Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:06:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210292 I just have moral objections to Kanye West. Why do I need a reason? I just have moral objections to Kanye West. Why do I need a reason?

]]> By: Bloix http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210287 Bloix Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:42:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210287 The "anonymous group of investors" includes Hirst himself. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&refer=home&sid=ar5qJea1C3_4 Wonder what his share is. $99 million, perhaps? This is an effort to mask the fact that he couldn't get the asking price so he's taking it off the market. The “anonymous group of investors” includes Hirst himself. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&refer=home&sid=ar5qJea1C3_4 Wonder what his share is. $99 million, perhaps?

This is an effort to mask the fact that he couldn’t get the asking price so he’s taking it off the market.

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/comment-page-1/#comment-210285 dsquared Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:38:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/09/10/ethically-sourced/#comment-210285 <i>ethically sourced diamonds</i> I include by citation various iterations of my rant about "ethical" diamonds. The Kimberley licensing scheme really is a racket. It's just a way of shutting African diamond producers out of the industry until they promise to compete in a "gentlemanly" fashion against De Beers (note that there is no "ethical" sourcing regime for Burmese rubies or for emeralds, because those gemstones are genuinely rate and thus don't need these rinkydink non-tariff barriers to hold the price up). I have a special scunner against Kanye West, because a) his song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" doesn't mention Sierra Leone at all, it's all about Kanye West, b) the civil war in Sierra Leone has been over for nearly five years now, they're even having the war crimes trials, c) I bet a number of his fans are boycotting the main foreign exchange-earning export of a number of struggling little African democracies on the basis of that damn song. ethically sourced diamonds

I include by citation various iterations of my rant about “ethical” diamonds. The Kimberley licensing scheme really is a racket. It’s just a way of shutting African diamond producers out of the industry until they promise to compete in a “gentlemanly” fashion against De Beers (note that there is no “ethical” sourcing regime for Burmese rubies or for emeralds, because those gemstones are genuinely rate and thus don’t need these rinkydink non-tariff barriers to hold the price up).

I have a special scunner against Kanye West, because a) his song “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” doesn’t mention Sierra Leone at all, it’s all about Kanye West, b) the civil war in Sierra Leone has been over for nearly five years now, they’re even having the war crimes trials, c) I bet a number of his fans are boycotting the main foreign exchange-earning export of a number of struggling little African democracies on the basis of that damn song.

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