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I was walking through a store a while back and passed a few people looking at a jewelry display case. I overheard the teenager say “Are those real diamonds? Look how sparkly they are! Who cares!” I noted it as a good illustration of the mentality found among many Americans today – “I don’t care if it is real at long as it sparkles.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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