Yeah….someone at work is trying to sell an authentic Hitler ring, saying it is cursed and he doesn’t want it.  (If I believed in curses, I’d go….Well, duh!  It’s a ring commissioned by Hitler. HITLER! Of COURSE it is going to be cursed!)

Where should I begin?

Who on earth would want to collect memorbilia from a regime that slaughtered MILLIONS of innocent people?  I have an active interest in morbid things, but my interest doesn’t stray to actually collect artifacts from a horrible time in human history.   That ring belongs A) in a museum to help educate and remind people about the Holocaust or B) melted down, like the ring in the LOTR.  I prefer option B, myself.

My good, oft-times neglected common sense tells me that is is tacky and hurtful to capitalize on such a terrible human event the death of millions, that although we need reminders of the persecution of those the Nazi party targeted, we need to be respectful as well.

Am I being too sensitive?  Or–as my former therapist would say–too neurotic?

UPDATE:  The ad has been removed from the bulletin board.  Apparently, I wasn’t the only one offended.  Hope the poster didn’t lose his job.