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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 3:12 PM THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE IS NOT HATE, IT'S INDIFFERENCE!!! "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." - Elie Wiesel "The majority of people have not the courage to correct others because they don't have the courage to bear correction themselves." - Unknown "The greatest distance is between the head and the heart." - Thomas Merton "I just cannot believe what I am reading about the ruthless and inhuman bigotry and homophobia being reported about the September 11th Fund, and our own government!! This is an outrage! It is completely un-American, and represents savage and greedy NON-thinking along the self-same lines of the very "axis of evil" that America and the rest of the world are currently at war with and trying to destroy! It is completely inhuman, grossly degrading, and extremely hypocritical, you morons! Are we or are we not all equal?! You know? One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all?!! What ever happened to that? Do you really expect all of us to believe that another American is worth less than even a bloody FETUS or an illegal alien, even after having been murder in the line of duty to their country, simply because of what they did/do with their genitalia?!?!?! Are you all insane?!!! What kind of a God do you people worship that would justify this kind of inhumanity towards one's fellow man? It MUST be an extremely hateful, petty, violent, arrogant and selfish god! But make NO mistake -- it is NO god of LOVE!!! What I REALLY think that this all boils down to is just another vicious form of good old-fashion GREED!!! I think that this irresponsible and selfish move is just another way of GETTING MORE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES! I mean, you do the math. Less money given out, means, ultimately, MORE MONIES LEFT AVAILABLE FOR THEIR OWN SELFISH INTERESTS AND DIVERSIONS FOR THE COMPANY, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT, ITSELF!!! It's all such a no-brainer, isn't it?! Instead of trying to drum up support for our efforts in the war on terrorism, what we truly ought to be doing is trying to get ride of these disgusting, hateful, inhuman and arrogant hatemongers currently infesting our OWN great nation, irregardless of where, whom or what institutions, companies, or government that they stand for. Apparently, these fools don't even wish to look at the fact that some of our country's greatest leaders were, themselves, gay or bisexual! Try Abraham Lincoln and George Washington for starters! How wise Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave that: "Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere!!! In my opinion, such as it is, what is most dangerous about any and all extremist groups such as the far right and the September 11th Fund, is not that they take themselves seriously. Most of us do. But rather that they consistently condemn any and all other sexual, spiritual, and moral choices, such as the Buddhist, the Muslim, the Jew, the gay, lesbian, pro-choicers, etc., and many others who consider themselves to be upright and good Christians. And rather than LOGICALLY and COMPASSIONATELY discussing such issues as gay rights, gay adoption(as if the United States or the world needed anymore homeless children in it! And a GOOD parent is a GOOD parent, you morons!!!), or abortion, they disown as vile, hideous and evil all those who favor choice and tolerance. They are consistently disowning their own dark side, while simultaneously magnifying everyone else's, until at the extreme, doctors are murdered in the name of protecting life, all Middle Easterner's are seen as murderers and zealots, and gays and lesbians are STILL being hunted, dehumanized, murdered, denied their equal rights, and demonized! And all in the so-called "Land of the free, and the home of the brave?!" What a joke!!! You'll kindly forgive those of us who are not laughing! In closing I'll only say that hate is hate! Irregardless it's vision, mechanics, machinations or religious, political or self-righteous institutions and convictions! HATE IS HATE IS HATE!!! Even as self-righteousness, ultimately, is simply what it means to be RIGHTEOUS BY YOURSELF!!! Individual Comment Atlanta, GA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR001033.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. 2002-03-16