Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Monday, March 18, 2002 8:09 PM Who do we think we are? My Fellow Americans, I am absolutely apalled by the notion that ILLEGAL aliens are being treated better by the American Government than some of our fellow citizens. Whether or not I, or you for that matter, agree with any given individual's life choices or sexual preference, I think we can all agree that if they are American citizens, they are afforded "equal protection under the law." This extends to protection from discrimination, especially from discrimination by their very own government. Much as it may pain certain segments of the American population to admit it, none of the terrorists who struck this country on September 11th last year were gay. Furthermore, several, even many, of the men who have been hailed as heroes for their actions that day WERE gay. If this punctures someone's narrow view of the world, thank God. It is past time for the various factions of this country to wake-up and realize that whatever topics we may disagree on, we are all Americans. It is past time to dispense with the hyphenations. I am an American, always have been, always will be. Does it really still matter if I am white or black? male or female? young or old? gay or straight? If so, maybe we should all just call it quits, because if a tragedy like September 11th can't crack the hatred and devisiveness of this country, nothing can. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojR001750.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-18