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 Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned - Or Not - Since 9/11 Tragedy and Missed Opportunities The tragedy of September 11th is not merely that airplanes were piloted into corporate eyesores, killing thousands, though that is certainly an aspect of it. More tragic and appalling has been the public and governmental reactions that have since ensued. Primarily nationalism and jingoism painting the physical and cultural landscape in the way of flags, sloganeering, and calling for equally violent acts of retribution. The public rather than taking the time to honestly explore why there are growing sentiments of aggression towards the US, have swallowed whole the incoherent and detrimental discourse of President Bush, who has eagerly exploited the opportunity to declare a war on terror. The tragedy of 9/11 is the ignorance that continues to prosper within the general populace, who accept without protest the destruction of civilian populations and communities about the globe as a result of direct US intervention in the name of this inane war. 9/11 was a unique occasion for the US elite and middleclass, so unfamiliar with the experience of victimhood, to finally gain sympathy and understanding with those whose lives their passivity and ignorance has ended or harmed. However, rather than sympathy, the majority has called for brutal retaliation, rather than understanding, racist and highly flawed explanations without discourse were adopted. 9/11 is yet another wasted opportunity for understanding, education, and mobilization to transpire. The aftermath of 9/11 has been incredibly informative for primarily the Government, who are now endowed with a greater sense of the extremes to which they may venture without outcry or accountability. The casualties are everywhere; beneath the rubble of fallen towers, shimmering between the stars and stripes of proudly waving flags, percolating in the minds of the vengeful and misinformed, and most ruinously, wrapping itself about the lives of Afghani, Palestinian, and Colombian children, women and men. 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 tp197.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. 2003-03-10