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Published: 2009-06-02 03:32:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1778; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 45
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Description "The next time your cell phone rings and you bring it up to your ear, listen closely. You may be able to hear the muted screams of women and girls being raped by greed-crazed, frightened men intent on obtaining a tiny piece of mineral used in your phone. It's called coltan. And the frenzied rush for its extraction in strip mines across the Congo is exploiting children, razing pristine forests, endangering rare mountain gorillas - and has already led to the rape and horrific mutilation of more than 250,000 women as old as 75 and girls as young as three."

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I quite enjoy the way this photo turned out. It's my old phone that's still going after five years. Coltan be damned.
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Comments: 18

LaPequenaMaru [2014-12-10 17:48:34 +0000 UTC]

haah I love this picture,

Could I post it in my website with your credit on it??
please,

Thanks

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Doctor-Gus In reply to LaPequenaMaru [2015-01-13 07:31:53 +0000 UTC]

Certainly, go right ahead

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afkatja [2010-05-26 12:35:35 +0000 UTC]

thumbs up!

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Aine-san [2010-01-15 10:08:44 +0000 UTC]

very actual for me now

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doyle0915 [2009-07-21 04:09:28 +0000 UTC]

HAHAH I have that exact phone, with the lack of evil face and gun!

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Doctor-Gus In reply to doyle0915 [2009-07-21 13:15:33 +0000 UTC]

its just waiting for you to go to sleep

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doyle0915 In reply to Doctor-Gus [2009-07-21 20:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Eeek the horror!

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JacquiJax [2009-06-30 19:57:06 +0000 UTC]

This great and funny photo has been featured here: [link]

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Doctor-Gus In reply to JacquiJax [2009-07-02 03:38:07 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Spence2115 [2009-06-12 16:39:19 +0000 UTC]

Sweet protection plan.

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NiniriAZ [2009-06-05 03:18:13 +0000 UTC]

Excellent statement piece, in both expressing the rage and outrage involved in the description of the ugly truth hidden behind a seemingly innocuous piece of technology.

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briliantlyfreakish [2009-06-04 15:42:53 +0000 UTC]

oh the things that happen in the world because of america and her ever quickening fight for profit. . .

nice piece, the phone has great personality in the expression.

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Hymenomycotina [2009-06-04 01:19:55 +0000 UTC]

*sigh* to be educated is to live in a world of wounds.

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Doctor-Gus In reply to Hymenomycotina [2009-06-04 05:42:09 +0000 UTC]

indeed

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Hymenomycotina In reply to Doctor-Gus [2009-06-05 00:23:28 +0000 UTC]

Do you know if they can recycle it at least? Phones crap out so easily, I know so many people that have been through two or three in a couple of years, and more people that must have the newest ones no matter what (which...yeah, my phone calls people, so I'm good).

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Doctor-Gus In reply to Hymenomycotina [2009-06-08 00:22:39 +0000 UTC]

they do do a lot of recycling

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WildJenmonster [2009-06-04 00:39:36 +0000 UTC]

I didn't have a clue either-- this is news, not Paris Hilton and her stupid drunken antics. Thanks for the word.

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commander-salamander [2009-06-02 05:14:38 +0000 UTC]

I had no idea. Thank you for opening my eyes.

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