Informal Poll- Soaking and erasing of cards

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My opinion is that it's downright silly to say if in 1955 a kid pasted a T206 into the pages of his book, it's wrong to remove the card. The book and the T206 aren't original together-- they have nothing to do with each other than a stupid kid glue them together. The crime, if there is one, is the kid pasting the card into the book not removing the card from the book. Removing the card is bringing the card back, or closer, to its original state.

The Darby boxes were found nailed to the walls of a barn. I suppose some would have us pray for the soul of he who dared remove those nails and take down those cards. Apparently he should have only sold a Darby box while still affixed to a barn wall.

In my opinion, the idea that a kid's paste slopped on the back of a card is an original part of the card is strange.