Hi y'all.im new err n all.so i hope y'all dont mind if i post a little summin'
i wonder if the British saw blood diamonds,cos i dont think they did.
i mean with the controversy surrounding the blood diamond conflicts,
according to Time magazine,one idiotic british artist Damien what's-his-name
Hirst's latest creation is a platinum skull encrusted with 8601 diamonds!
      it is valued at $98million.
'cast from areal 18th century skull,the piece which includes the skeletons original
teeth,is meant to be laughing in death's face! mo like laughing at the victims of the
Rwandan genocide and other innocent victims who died and those dat r yet to die
as a result of the diamond trade if u ask me. Whoever buys that diamond encrusted
skull should get ready to be tormented by the souls of all the victims of blood diamond conflicts.

your welcome Naija*girl.

Thanx for your post. However, next time please do alittle more research so you can give a complete story. I got curious and did just that. In three minutes i came up with this. I hope other readers find it interesting as well.

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Damien Hirst, former BritArt bad boy whose works infuriate and inspire in equal measure, did it again on Friday with a diamond-encrusted platinum cast of a human skull priced at a cool $98 million.

The skull, cast from a 35-year-old 18th-century European male, is coated with 8,601 diamonds, including a large pink diamond worth more than $8 million in the center of its forehead.

In my opinion one word, VANITY

tanx ryu11,but u c i didin't hav time to do some reseach, n i actually
read dat peice in time magazine but anyways ther's not really much
u can do while u using a public pc. anyways tanx again 4 ur peice of advice.

you're welcome my dear. I understand exactly what you mean.

Let's learn to mind our own business. If rich people want to squander their wealth, please they are free to do so.

my argument is not on what rich ppl use their money 2 do,but on conflict diamonds.
there r lots of issues in d world dat $98 mill can be used 2 solve 2 an xtent.poverty,AIDS,
to mention a few.not on a skull dat'll probably end up on a mantle piece,table or corner
unit.

it all comes down 2 d rich n poor doesn't it?

talk2ahmed,i'm glad 2 kno someone else agrees wit me.