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 It serves them right a taxi driver told me on the day after 9/11, in Sri Lankas capital, Colombo, while expressing sorrow at the tragedy. When Colombo Airport was attacked in July 2001, the US Government advised its citizens to stay away from here. The attack on the WTC proved that targets in the USA were as prone to terrorist attacks as Sri Lankas. However, his grim satisfaction at justice seemingly done was more than mere fulfilled vindictiveness. A decade ago Bill Clinton said something to the effect that, under Bush, America was in danger of becoming like Sri Lanka. This tendency, of making this island out to be just one step above the civilisation of the apes, was one perpetuated by cartoonists like Gary Trudeau and the author of the Brenda Starr strip and it represented something more than the mere parochial. It was an expression of a superiority complex, sneering at what was considered the innate backwardness of the darker-hued people from poorer countries, the affairs of which were not considered important. The strange thing is that this attitude did not change after 9/11. What followed seemed to be not so much the outpouring of grief at the tragedy, as vengefulness at this insult to the pride of the superpower. There was rage against Muslims, who were subject to public venom; retaliation against someone was the need of the hour. Taking a long hard look at how other people look at the USA may be the way to avoid a repetition of the tragedy of 9/11. Understanding the viewpoint of my taxi driver might be a step in adopting a foreign policy that is acceptable to the rest of the world - and that would need to be one that looked at the rest of the world differently. 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 tp82.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. 2003-02-28