OJ

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by Teamgluck

I am working on building a HOF autograph collection for both Baseball and Pro Football. Saying that there is a particular member of the HOF (OJ Simpson) who has done some not so good things. I am working on displaying my collection but I don't know if it is ok to Frame and display a OJ Simpson 8x10. Is It?

You are the only one that can determine if it's ok for you or not. We all have beliefs all over the spectrum but probably none of us have the exact same beliefs as you and your family.

Personally, if I displayed football HOF'ers, I wouldn't have a problem with it whatsoever. If I displayed historical figures, I wouldn't have a problem with displaying Hitler or Osama Bin Laden if I had them. I do display Presidents, and it doesn't matter to me one iota if they are Republican, Democratic, or anything else, or if they made decisions I don't condone or agree with.

The people that know me personally know that I collect autographs, and they know that just because I display an autograph of someone, doesn't mean that I share that person's belief system or values or lack of values.

Your mileage may vary, and I'll go out on a limb and say that if you are soliciting opinions as to whether it's "right", than you probably wouldn't be comfortable displaying it and there are so many other options that unless you are striving to display a complete set of football HOF'ers, just leave him in the drawer.

Good luck either way with your display,

Mike

[Gary Dunaier]

I was originally going to post and ask what you meant by "is it OK," but then I read this:

Originally Posted by thenavarro

I'll go out on a limb and say that if you are soliciting opinions as to whether it's "right", than you probably wouldn't be comfortable displaying it and there are so many other options that unless you are striving to display a complete set of football HOF'ers, just leave him in the drawer.

I have to agree that if you're asking for opinions, you're not completely cool with it, and you're really asking for "permission."

If you had a strong opinion either way (yea or nay), you wouldn't have needed to seek the views of others. It is, after all, YOUR collection.