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 What did we see when we opened our eyes? Flags, flags, and more flags. My Iranian friend said she thought that in any other society it would be thought that Americans attached the stars and stripes to everything visible to ward off the devil. Nothing has been seen like it since the emergence of the Coke logo. We have learned from this that in this culture, consciousness is framed by the environment and by the proliferation of the various products around us. The flagging of America has only made it more comfortable to accept and support more and more war on other peoples of the world with little questioning or with little focus. We can salvage, though, something from the reprehensible American response of inflicting violence without regard for finding the true source, even to this day, of the crimes committed on 9/11. Americans can show some respect. One way would be for those so moved to trade in their American car flags for peace flags. This is an idea of mine from August. Nanotechnologist Alan Kay said, ""The only way to predict the future is to make it."" I am prepared to handle the peace trade transactions, and turn in the received flags to families in New York who lost their own on 9/11--but who believe in peace--not war. 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 tp188.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