[vasdae]

Imagine wanting to marry someone and buying a ring with a rock that pretends to be a diamond but is worth <10% of what a diamond costs.

[stared]

A: And this rock was not soaked in the blood of slave child workers...

B: So, how do you expect it to have the magical power to keep your love?!

[weevil]

Interesting that you (presumably) read the article and came to this conclusion.

[quickthrower2]

Ok I get ya. Need to spend $20k or whatever. But why a diamond? So many other things you can spend that on that would be a nice keepsake.

[vasdae]

I completely agree. My point is that, even though buying a diamond is stupid, buying a cheap knock-off is even stupider. The only point of a diamond is to show wealth, since it's a rock - a knock-off can't even show wealth, so why buy it?

If you want to buy something useful instead, that's much better.