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 TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story I was very disappointed with the path America took following the World Trade Center attacks. The established protocol of the international courts could have been utilized to bring the responsible to justice. But this administration chose war, quickly bombing a country other than the one from which the alleged hijackers came. With an attitude reminiscent of the wild west, we set out to show that we are the best equipped nation and attacks on us would bring swift retaliation. Our arrogant message served only to increase hatred while seriously undermining support from those who would have stood with us had we chosen the moral high ground of international law. Our actions have increased Mid East tensions to critical levels. War has historically proven to be a poor tool for carving out peace. Aggression only begets aggression. Yet we do not learn from our mistakes. Now we want to make nuclear weapons a standard part of our arsenal instead of a weapon of last resort. Are Americans so busy savoring their macho warrior image that they fail to see we are stoking the fires of further disaster? I mourn for my country. We bomb the poorest out of their homes and leave them without access to food and medicine. Our unmitigated arrogance (and our quest to control the worlds resources) will never bring us closer to peace. The terrorism of war can only generate more terrorism. 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 tp161.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. story 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. 2003-03-03