of tatttoos and responsibility

I’ve recently seen a spate of bar code tattoos
that contain a person’s social
or dates that are specifically important
to them for whatever reason

and in some ways
I think that they are pretty cool…
very “Orwellian” if ya get my drift…

but every time I see one
I can’t help but wonder
what the survivors
of Germanic death camps think?
or their descendants?
how do Jewish people in general
see them?

and that makes me think of responsibility…

do we as human beings
not as specific personalities
but as humanity in general
not need to show respect
for what has gone on before us?

or is it just that time moves on?
and we don’t need to feel responsible for
past atrocities decades later?

are we as human beings
so lost and desperate
to be “individuals”
that we shirk responsibility
to the past?

or am I over thinking again?

You tell me…..