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. Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:45 AM shameful double standard Shame on you all--and shame on Kenneth Feinberg, John Ashcroft and George W. Bush in particular--for piling tradedy on tragedy by failing to honor and respect ALL the victims of Sept. 11. I would like to believe that lesbian and gay Americans are full citizens of this country, but apparently not so in this case. The rhetoric of 'whatever the law is in your state will apply' is a ridiculous cop-out and a pitiful attempt to shift any blame for such a policy from the governing bodies directly involved to the State of the victim. Many gay and lesbian firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, pilots, and citizens showed their courage and patriotism on and as a result of Sept. 11. Some died in doing so. Where is my government's courage now in fighting for their rights?! The many gay and lesbian victims, heroes, and their families and loved ones are no less affected by this tragedy than their heterosexual counterparts. To call ourselves the UNITED States is blasphemy in this case: apparently we are only "united" when it is convenient. The next time I read a bumper sticker that reads "UNITED WE STAND" I'll know that Feinberg, Ashcroft, and Bush have decided to stand united against those of us who are gay and lesbian. What ever happened to the part of the pledge that reads: "indivisible, with liberty and justice for all"?! Individual Comment San Francisco September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-24 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 dojR002673.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. 2002-03-24