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 "September 11 - the death knell of mankind! Civilization at a complete dead end! Let's just not kid ourselves that THEY (the terrorists and their accomplices) are wild beasts in human form while we are white and fluffy. ""September 11"" took place in the world that we ourselves created. Everyone knows what a huge role the USA played in bringing it into being. President Bush said, ""This country will define our times, not be defined by them."" But we have already defined them... Mankind is facing a chasm, and on the other side, the awful face of world war grimaces back at us. Americans sometimes wonder why we are so disparaged. Not long ago the Mayor of Hiroshima explained why. He accused the United States of believing that ""might makes right"" and attempting to chain the planet with a Pax American?. Washington has no right to decide for everyone else the fate of the planet. And after September 11 a destructive philosophy of revenge has dominated: ""I'm the King of Bunker Hill!"" and ""You're really going to get it!"" Where will all this lead? In the current ""war"" directed at an anonymous worldwide terrorist underground (and according to their side it is a guerrilla war, and therefore endless), America reminds me of the guy who was falling from the twenty-ninth floor and telling himself, ""So far so good!"" There's only one difference: America may drag the entire world down with it. We need a deeper and more compassionate political philosophy than revenge and domination. Remember the emotion that overpowered American astronauts on the moon? It was the feeling that all people on this Earth are brothers! To instill mankind with this feeling is the chief task we face. There has been no more important task since September 11. 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 tp37.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 Notes Notes about this item. Translation from Russian by Janeen Jones, Berkeley, California