# WTF!? I'm disgusted **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428 "2002-04-19T00:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/1 "2002-04-19T00:52:04Z")
I was looking at the webpage that someone posted about the plane crash in Milan (:() when something caught my eye. Clicking confirmed my suspicions. They’re making “Heroes of the World Trade Center Collector Cards.” All I could think was “WHAT!? This is ridiculous!” MY next thought was that this blatantly commercial “tribute” (and I use the term _loosely_) was very insulting, despite the respects paid to those who died in the attacks. I’m sorry, but I would be humiliated to be immortalized on collector cards. About the only good thing I can think of in this absurdity is that the families of victims will get 8% of the profits. That’s still pretty token (after all, Chestnut Publications is getting the other 92%, the bastards) but it’s probably a higher percentage than most corporations would pay. a\*\*holes :mad:. Anyone with me on this? I’m truly disgusted. ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/2 "2002-04-19T01:03:28Z")
and i thought the plaque made from the tower wrecks was sad… ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/3 "2002-04-19T01:14:10Z")
Third time…will it go this time?? A link would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/4 "2002-04-19T01:14:10Z")
At least it’s not a “Terrorist Heroes of the Islamic World” that features people like Osama Bin Laden and Mohammad Atta… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/5 "2002-04-19T01:40:34Z")
[Here’s a set](http://www.fire-police-ems.com/misc/cff312.htm) from Choice Marketing, where 100% of the proceeds go to the FDNY Uniformed Firefighters Association Schlorship Fund, Inc. Doesn’t have pictures of them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/6 "2002-04-19T01:45:05Z")
Sorry Reeder… it’s on Yahoo news, but it was a window with no address bar. 'scuse me Baglady, but what does that have to do with anything? I’m not saying that tributes are wrong (though they are getting old), I’m just saying that this blatantly commercial “tribute” is a sick and cynical way to make yet more money off of this tragedy. It’s sad, no matter what the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/7 "2002-04-19T01:46:25Z")
The OP seems to me like a rant, so I’m going to move it on over to The BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/8 "2002-04-19T02:22:16Z")
Do you have a link? I’m really hoping that this is a joke!?? ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/9 "2002-04-19T04:02:24Z")
Ok, I can’t link directly, but go [here](http://story.news.yahoo.com/newsdb?tmpl=ss), scroll down to the “World” category and click “Terrorism and Sept. 11 Attacks.” It’s there, it really is. I shit you not. Scary stuff, I think. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/10 "2002-04-19T04:08:04Z")
Here’s a direct link: [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/wl/091101nydccrash&i=index&e=1&tmpl=sl](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/wl/091101nydccrash&i=index&e=1&tmpl=sl) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/11 "2002-04-19T05:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m sorry, but I would be humiliated to be immortalized on collector cards. Really? Why? Pro-ball players don’t seem to mind. I think it would be pretty cool. Heck, if by the time I die I don’t have either a trading card or an action figure in my likeness, I’m going to be very disappointed. I don’t think this one is too terrible. Not nearly as bad as those pins supposedly made out pieces of the wreckage. If the families aren’t complaining, I’m not going to do it for them. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-im-disgusted/104428/12 "2002-04-19T05:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\* > > Really? Why? Pro-ball players don’t seem to mind. \*\* Actually, they do. That’s why other than their rookie year (when it’s still a novelty) you usually see cards with them in batting/fielding shots rather than posed shots.