Any player cards you dont collect because of morals

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great thread. I am glad it was moved from water cooler (where I almost never go). Adam, I agree with you 100%. I collect signed entertainment memorabilia (here is my fully signed Led Zeppelin IV album). I will not buy a Michael jackson signature. He molested children. I hate that his songs are still played on the radio and there is a smash Broadway play about him currently selling out night by night. We are so quick to cancel people for much lesser crimes/indiscretions. This piece of shit prayed on children and life goes on in popular culture.

You won’t buy Michael Jackson but Led Zeppelin is ok? You are joking right?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

You won’t buy Michael Jackson but Led Zeppelin is ok? You are joking right?

They are slightly different and one was kinda sorta accepted back then by some.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I don't see anything wrong with having any player's memorabilia in one's collection. As has already been noted, history is made up of the good and the bad. Like the majority of us here, I'm terribly fascinated by a good story, and some of the most captivating tales involve heinous exploits. It's just a part of life. By owning anything related to a player of ill repute, it doesn't make anyone a terrible individual.

Now, if you happened to love and adore a Rae Carruth or an Aaron Hernandez and had a shrine of their memorabilia solely because of their off-the-field putridity, then I'd have a problem with you.

Putting it into a prewar baseball perspective, I'd have to think that a lot of people on the forum wouldn't mind some Marty Bergen memorabilia. None of them would want to own it to glorify his atrocities. Others will jump on the 2022 tolerance bandwagon with, "He was mentally ill. It's different.". Regardless, a shadow will permanently hang over him due to what transpired, and his memorabilia will always fall into this controversial category.

Lots of people here own Connie Mack memorabilia, yet his intolerance of integrated baseball and his infamous quote regarding Jackie doesn't seem to be brought up too often.

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by bnorth

They are slightly different and one was kinda sorta accepted back then by some.

Bullshit

Originally Posted by edjs

Yikes, I just looked up what you are referencing. Well, that changes my views about Led Zeppelin.

Try looking up Aerosmith…and many others too.

The lesson is absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I’m judging none of them…. That said I wouldn’t trust them, or anyone else for that matter, with my children.

This moral superiority thing is ridiculous.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

Bullshit



Try looking up Aerosmith…and many others too.

The lesson is absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I’m judging none of them…. That said I wouldn’t trust them, or anyone else for that matter, with my children.

This moral superiority thing is ridiculous.

It was what they did with the fish that was…. well, no words. And the 14 year old’s mom saying it was okay that she dated Jimmy Page. I’m not naive, I grew up around some pretty popular bands and can tell some crazy stories, but man, that was some nasty stuff in the article I read.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

You won’t buy Michael Jackson but Led Zeppelin is ok? You are joking right?

Yikes, I just looked up what you are referencing. Well, that changes my views about Led Zeppelin.