We Are All Individuals Poem by Francis Duggan

For the crimes of our ancestors we should not shoulder the blame
For their sins against others they lived and they died in shame
But from their mistakes we should learn and their wrongs we should not repeat
Treat others as you'd like them to treat you and them do not belittle or cheat,
For the crimes committed by the father one ought not to blame the son
'Tis not his fault his male parent bad things to others have done,
Each of us is an individual and no two are exactly the same
And why put down the innocent family member because of the family's bad name,
There is such a thing as a fair go and a fair go to all should apply
When you say one comes from a bad family a fair go to him you deny
Treat everybody as an equal and learn from the ways of the wise
For the sins of the individual it is wrong to generalize,
In reality we are all individuals and give credit where credit is due
And when you brand one for the sins of others to a fair go you are not true.