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. Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:37 PM Not Proud to be an American I would much rather I had been born in any one of the Scandinavian countries where they respect the rights of ALL citizens and guarantee the rights of ALL citizens. I grew up pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, but as I discovered the abhorrent discrimination that our government and its people imposes on many minority groups, especially gays and lesbians, I soon learned that America really wasn't the land of the free. It was instead the land of opression. I started to see Scandinavia as the way America is supposed to be. You are guaranteed equal rights as a gay human being in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Iceland. Their governments don't even have a separation of Church and State, and they are able to recognize the rights of ALL human beings under the law. And Scandinavia would pay equal monies to gay victims of any tragedy that might befall a mix of citizens. People are people. Tax-paying citizens are tax-paying citizens. Our American government does not see it that way. If our government does not honor the rights of ALL victims from the 9/11 tragedy, then I as a gay citizen should have the right to not pay taxes. I'm either a citizen and you recognize me as that or you don't get money to support the country that I was born and raised in, it's that simple. To deny rights to citizens that work hard and pay their taxes and contribute to the value of American freedom and privilege is in essence a governmental crime against freedom. I even refuse to be charitable to any causes in this country because this country refuses to acknowledge my equal rights. I do not want to help any other citizen in this country who will not stand up for me and fight the injustice of this country. And if families of gay victims of 9/11 do not receive fair and equal compensation, I will remember that when I walk by a heterosexual in peril; I will not be a hero and I will let them suffer. That's how you want it, Mr. Kenneth Zwick? I once saved a child from drowning in a lake-he would have died had I not jumped in to save him-but you would rather I let the child drown next time. Gay Man Saves Drowning Child, America Says Gays Are Going To Hell. Individual Comment Minneapolis, MN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002366.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. 2002-03-20