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 September 11 Digital Archive Emails Description An account of the resource This collection contains emails which were sent or received on or around September 11, 2001. As of this writing individuals have submitted more than 1,500 correspondences. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. XXX 09/19/01 01:35PM wrote: It seems that our government at least cares enough about us that they make sure that we still matter to the rest of the world. All around the world, there are vigils for the NY victims. That doesn't happen when Afghanis and Nicaraguans and Kosovians are blown to bits. Why? Is it just money, or is it more? Is it that the US stands for freedom, something the rest of the world is aspiring to? Does the US stand for freedom anywhere but here? I don't know anymore... Good questions, XXX I don't know either. I have been both deeply moved by the emotions elicited by other nations (see photo link below) and sadly skeptical of what they mean. Why don't we grieve like this when Kosovars, Rwandans, or Colombians burn? They suffer in incomprehensible ways EVERY DAY. Is it because of money or is it because ultimately an attack on Rwanda really cannot be labeled an "attack on the world" or an "attack on freedom" as this has? The world will be implicated in our response; maybe they just want to be sure that they're on the good guys side. But are we the good guys...? I question everything as you do these days, Kev. I too hear talk of biological warfare on this city and my flight instinct kicks in. But I know that I'm not going anywhere. Is that stupid? I don't know. What can we know right now? I don't know. Conversation is healthy. Fear is normal. Confusion is frustrating but, sadly, with us for a while. I have been taking a lot of time to reevaluate my work in the context of this crisis and feel that, now more than ever, public health is another notch in that interminable pitch for social justice. I will continue to fight the war for equal access to quality health care, the right to choose when and if to have children, and for sexual freedom. I will continue to question political systems, including our own, that deny these things to the people that they claim to (do?) care about. I heard that TomPaine.com recently called Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson the Taliban of the US. We all have our evils. I'm tired too, Kev...and scared. Really fucking scared. Love, XXX PS: Here's the photo link \ XXX wrote: We're now discussing Canada and upstate NY. Probably more doable. :-) I read the (Michael) Moore piece. I agreed with what he said, but I think he should've waited a couple of days. His timing was brutal and, I think, somewhat insensitive. I don't know what's right and wrong. The US' socio-political engineering in the Middle East has been largely ineffective. Will it continue? Are we now going to get the Iranians to help us against the Iraqis? Are we now going to get the Russians to help us against the Afghanis? Didn't we put the Iraqis and Afghanis right where they are now intentionally to give us a strategic military advantage against Iran and Russia, respectively? Ugh! I don't want any more strikes to happen. I think they will. I'm scared. In the simplest of terms, as a US citizen, my taxes go towards the military so that it will PROTECT US. Not only does it seem wholly incapable of protecting us, but it may take actions that will put us in greater danger. Do I want Bin Laden's team of terrorists disbanded and imprisoned? Yes. Do I care if the terrorists are killed in the process? No. Do I care if innocent Afghanis are killed? Yes, it's no better than killing innocent Americans. Unfortunately, it's during times like these that lives have different values. The Taliban leaders have gone into hiding, leaving the citizens of Afghanistan to fend for themselves. What does this say for them? For the value of their people to them? How does it compare with the value of American citizens? It seems different to me. It seems that our government at least cares enough about us that they make sure that we still matter to the rest of the world. All around the world, there are vigils for the NY victims. That doesn't happen when Afghanis and Nicaraguans and Kosovians are blown to bits. Why? Is it just money, or is it more? Is it that the US stands for freedom, something the rest of the world is aspiring to? Does the US stand for freedom anywhere but here? I don't know anymore... I'm tired, XXX, tired of all of this. Now everyone's discussing biological weaponry. If I understand it correctly, I don't want to be within 50 miles of New York City. But I live here, and you live here, and we all live here, and it's not as simple as driving off into the sunset to let everyone else fend for themselves. I don't know what to do, but the meaningless work I do all day certainly isn't helping anyone. Here's to hoping things improve. At least the Israelis and Palestinians have temporarily stopped beating the shit out of each other. Love, XXX September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 09/19/01 01:35PM wrote September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. fear, worry 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 email32.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. unknown 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. unknown Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. yes Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-02-27 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 146.96.92.54