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IF you didn't know better, I can understand why GLO pins would seem like a cool thing to collect: they are beautiful and historic and often have variety, etc.
But a member of any GLO would have to understand that GLOs have rules about who can possess badges and pins and what should happen to each even after a member's death, so you would understand that your collection reflected failures to follow ritual by as many members as you had pins. That would suck the joy out for me.
(I think you'd have to be a sick little puppy to enjoy having a collection that devalued the rules of the groups that gave the items meanings. You only want it because it's XYZ and XYZ doesn't want you to have it?)
But people who SELL the badges and pins, even after they understand the wishes of the groups, really gross me out, and I think we should all be vigilant that we don't create a market and we fully inform others so they don't contribute.
(In the second case, I'm thinking of moms and dads who might not be Greek, but who think their sons or daughters would like the item. They might not fully understand that even though they are buying the item for a member, there's still a problem.)
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