FGS it a useless lump of carbon, cant eat it or live in it, work out whose it is and give it back to them.

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This flipping Koh-i-Noor thing. I'm currently sitting looking at a prettier light bulb (and the bulb is a lot more useful)

It has zero value, except what we choose to ascribe to it.

The world would be a better place if we stopped ascribing any value to diamonds at all. A burnt chunk of charcoal is mostly exactly the same type of atoms.

Why are we keeping this clutched in our sweaty little mitts, when it matter to other people, and who ever is the rightful owner, it certainly isnt us.

Give it back to whoever would have it now if instruments of the British empire hadnt robbed them.

And if they didnt have it legally, then its up to them to pass it back or sit and gloat, and look silly, which we currently do

For goodness sake!

No it was 'dog shit on the soles of his shoes'

Sounds like a MN thread title

😧I've only just got my head around it not being 6 billion, which is what it used to be when I started writing campaigning letters on social and environmental issues...

YANBU

I saw an interesting documentary about an attempted heist of the diamonds in the Millennium Dome. It was allowed to play out but the jewels were replaced by copies. Unless you are an expert it's not easy to tell the difference.

India, Pakistan and Iran all have claims to the diamond. Which one should have it?

None of them because none of them have asked for it in decades.
In contrast to existing nation states and people (eg those affected by Mau Mau atrocities) who HAVE asked for reparations…

You know some fucker would then try to use it to construct a Death Star laser cannon array, don't you?

Best arrange for it to be stored securely somewhere, like the Ark of the Covenant.