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" I love the America that revealed itself last September 11: the office workers instinctively helping coworkers and clients escape, the quick-thinking aviation administrators immediately grounding all planes, the fearless firefighters ascending the doomed staircases all the way to heaven. Throughout all the heartbreak of that awful day and since, I have loved America. But even more than I love America, I love the idea of America: the notion of equality, respect and fairness. The assurance that everyone plays by the same rules. This is the foundation of our Republic. But there is an opposing notion. The ancients called it hubris, and it is the foundation of Empire. It is wantonness, insolence, violence, and outrage. It is the idea that we can impose our will on other nations just because we have enough power to get away with it. It is the idea that we can ignore the rules that are binding on all simply because we believe that only we are righteous. It is to willfully forget that, in Solzhenitsyn's words, the line between good and evil runs through the center of each human heart -- and through each human culture -- and that therefore we cannot run roughshod over someone else's rights. Or someone else's country. Some are openly hoping for an American Empire. But there is a better way of spreading Americanism: let us preserve the American Republic. Let every person and every nation know that there is a stable, safe place ruled by equality, respect, and fairness towards all. Let us make sure that September 11 will be remembered as the day when true American heroism revealed itself -- not as the day when the American Republic died and the American Empire was born. 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 tp36.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. 2003-02-24