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 I am well aware the reader(s) of this article may be in different stages of acceptance what befell the Country September 11, 2001. Some by now will have gone on with their lives, others still depressed to do so. Some will still be asking in God's name why? Wile others will still be angry and want o know who in God's name would? Regrettably, some will still be numb from the enormity of the disaster, reduced to methodically doing the next task that life requires/ (this group would be the one most at-risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and is suggested on would seek professional help.) IN the days following the disaster I began experiencing a strange feeling of deja'vu. I know that I have never seen nor experienced anything of this magnitude before. Yet the strange sensations of having felt like this in another time persisted. A feeling similar to an old familiar pain. Indeed similar to a pain and fear that started in my late 30's when I first became aware loosing the feeling of invincibility of my youth. Grounded at this time by the realities of life, left with only a mature form of uncertainty in its place. No longer being able to avoid all the consequences of life. Could it be this loss as a young adult was similar to the pain and loss of a young country that had just encountered major disaster only many times over. A collective loss of invincibility, by this young country, only to find it having been replaced with a newly found vulnerability. Realizing it could no longer avoid nor control all the negative consequences of an unstable world it finds itself a part of. After the anger! After the hurt! After the search for justice! After the intensities of the warrior! ""Doesn't the energy that loves to fight need to learn to play all over again? How does that happen"" 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 tp55.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