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 All tragedies come from the clearest of skies. This enhances the sense of horror, desolation, shock, and numbness that assails the human soul. ' How can it be?' we ask, that a day that began so hope-filled and sun-lit could end as one of the darkest moments in history? So it is with 9-11. How do we reconcile ourselves to this shock, grief, and anger? How do we pay homage to those who died? Do we acknowledge our feelings of newly formed fear by changing our countries whole way of life in hopes we may avert such future events? It is my belief that the wisest way to show respect for and honor those who died is with quiet dignity: To respect their memory by respecting the values they lived by. These were Americans, from all strata of American life. I believe they would want us to use their senseless deaths to preserve and maintain the dignity and freedom, the values and founding premises of the country they loved. It is to dishonor them to bring into America slander between our parties, unending war on other nations, and increasing tyranny on our own people in the name of terror. I believe they would say their deaths were NOT in vain: That despite the cunning way lives were taken, our country will remain United and Strong; based and grounded in our Bill of Rights and Constitution. That we, the country they loved, WILL remain a free Nation, not given to fear and oppression, but to fearlessness, and positive expectations. How to be a perfect Union? We must stay our course, bind our wounds, and go forth into the future with bravery, not bravado. 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 tp187.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