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 Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:40 PM Distribution of 9-11 compensation fund Re: The appearance of Kenneth Feinberg, head of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, on NBC's "Meet The Press" Sunday, March 10th, 2002. How shameful! As all Americans are called upon to unite in response to the terrorist attacks of 9-11, our patriotism is being "graded" based upon how we live our personal lives! It is as if another terror has been unleashed upon our great democracy...the premise that some lives are more important than others. Maybe the terrorists did succeed in dividing this great nation? Although monetary compensation will never bring back the souls lost on that fateful day, to deny the loved ones of gay victims of 9-11 is akin to furthering bin Laden's agenda! The idea that one's religious and moral beliefs are better than another's is the reason these terrorists so willingly agreed to be martyrs. The US had its own martyrs that day and they died not for their religious beliefs but for the right to live in a democracy that sees all it is citizens as equally valuable. As a taxpayer, am I not expected as with all other Americans to financially (and patriotically) support my government's efforts in protecting this democracy? Only to have the benefits of democracy denied gay people when they have made the ultimate sacrifice for it. It is the setting aside of differences both in the past, on 9-11, and since then that makes this nation the great leader that it is to the world. As Americans we have always shown a great sense of justice in responding to the historical atrocities visited upon us and other peoples of the world. And have proven to the world what makes this nation the great protector of democracy. However, to become even stronger we must admit our weaknesses. President Bush was a great reflection of American's resolve since the events of 9-11. Yet his administration and both the Republican and Democratic political parties have demonstrated our other weakness...that we are willing to go to great lengths to "bend the law" for undocumented aliens who died on 9-11 but not for some of our own citizens! Please let us once again show the world (and ourselves) why we wake up every day proud to be Americans. And, despite our weaknesses, we will spark a true and everlasting shift in world politics with the democratic ideal that all people are equally deserving of respect regardless of their differences. The much publicized scrutiny that has gone into distributing "9-11 funds" has most certainly identified the direct victims and their loved ones in order to allow a proper and fair compensation of financial loss. We all have it in our power to do the right thing. Individual Comment Oakland Park FL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-12 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 dojR000429.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. email 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. 2002-03-12