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Skriven 2008-03-09 11:09:28 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 12042 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Stability is security
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08 Mar 08 02:20, Ward Dossche wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> RB>> But gold and diamonds are still
 RW>> RB>> worth plenty, as you can see from the amounts sold by various
 RW>> people
 RW>> RB>> in the Congo to finance weapons purchases. I believe people
 RW>> call
 RW>> RB>> them "blood diamonds".

 RW>> WD> Do you believe anything in detail which is shown in a movie?

 RW>> Would you still not believe him if he referred to them as 'Conflict'
 RW>> diamonds?

 WD> Blood diamonds do exist, but they don't finance weapons purchases in
 WD> the Congo. Bob Bashe sees a movie, accidentally also with Leonardo dC
 WD> I think, and considers that as a news-medium rather than an
 WD> entertainment product.

Blood Diamond, among other nicknames, refers to a diamond mined in a war
zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgency,
invading army's war efforts, or supporting a warlord's activity,
especially in Africa.

A list of African countries where this exists:

    * 1.1 Sierra Leone
    * 1.2 Liberia
    * 1.3 C“te d'Ivoire
    * 1.4 The Democratic Republic of the Congo
    * 1.5 The Republic of Congo

 WD> Bob also does not distinguish between the "Republic of Congo" and the
 WD> "Democratic Republic of the Congo". These are 2 different countries,
 WD> the former is also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the later is the
 WD> previous Zaire.

There's no need to distinguish, when it happens in both states.

 WD> It was the "Republic of the Congo", i.e. Congo-Brazzaville, which got
 WD> its hands slapped for trading diamonds of unspecified origin,
 WD> especially since it has no own diamond mining industry.

 WD> Bob was talking about "the other Congo", the Belgian Congo later
 WD> renamed to Zaire by Mobotu Sese Seko only to be renamed again to
 WD> "Republique Democratique du Congo".

Which relates to The Democratic Republic of the Congo, above.

 RW>> WD> "Titanic" did sink but Leonardo di Caprio was not on board. I
 RW>> hope
 RW>> WD> you are not shocked now.

 RW>> The "Titanic" that 'Leonardo DiCaprio' was on, didn't sink. It's now
 RW>> a tourist attraction in Baja California, where it was built. Better
 RW>> get over the shock that you're incorrect once again.

 WD> Following the completion of filming, the set - basically a thin metal
 WD> skin over chipboard, supported by scaffolding, was too badly damaged
 WD> to be safe for public viewing. It was demolished, and individual
 WD> props were auctioned off,

 WD> Who's incorrect you say?

I am...

 WD> Please prove me wrong or retire in silence.

#  The "full-size" ship exterior set was constructed in a tank on a beach
south of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. Construction started on the
85th anniversary of the real Titanic's launch - May 31, 1996 (see also A
Night to Remember (1958)). To reduce costs, the number of instances of
some repeated components (such as windows) was reduced, and other parts
(such as the funnels and lifeboats) were built at 90% scale to produce the
correct visual appearance. The set was oriented to face into the
prevailing wind so that the smoke from the funnels would blow the right
way.

Photos of the 'set' are at this website, where relatives of a Titanic
survivor paid a visit;

http://www.webcom.com/jrudolph/titanic/titanicmexico.html

 WD> Have a nice day,

I will, having proved you wrong once again.

                R\%/itt



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