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 Lesson Learned? After 9/11, many people asked, ""Why do they hate us so much?"" The answer holds the key to making successful foreign policy. But, America ignores the answer and continues to mishandle an explosion of apocalyptic rage that can be all too easily repeated. The grievances against the U.S. are many and damning. The terrorists say that we are a terrorist nation, exporting arms and conducting wars of self-interest at will. They say we are a shallow, self-absorbed, prejudiced, gluttonous, and violent people. Facts support these charges. We must respond to the truth in them or be doomed to perpetual terror. The terrorists are succeeding. Our ill-conceived war mentions them every day. World opinion about us is at historic lows. Wrapping prudent defensive measures in the language of war or Hollywood does not protect us. An eye for an eye will lead to an eye for an eye. Any thought to the contrary is deluded and will only lead to a false sense of security. We must follow our own counsel to war-ravaged nations and end the madness of war. We should launch a Peace Initiative under the auspices of the New York-based United Nations and devote ourselves to an inconceivable good that memorializes those who fell on 9/11. Fund AIDS programs, provide debt relief for developing nations, capitalize alternative energy institutes. Our response to terror should be informed by the lessons of modern history. Our teachers trod the paths of terror before us and won victories without firing a shot-Gandhi, Gorbachev, King, Sadat. These men of vastly different nations, colors, creeds, and times, show the way. They applied themselves to a just cause--the unity of mankind--and their followers rallied, withstood the onslaught of hate, and prevailed over evil. We should do likewise. 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 tp185.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