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 Is our Nation really as invincible as we thought we were? Prior to the 9/11 attacks on the US, the US thought that nothing such as what happened would ever happen to us. As a country that is known to welcome any person and open to diversity, we never imagined that anyone could hold such hatred toward us. Because we think of ourselves as a powerful country, we are naive to our flaws and may actually be inferior to the countries that we are superior to. After the attacks, we have realized that we can be susceptible to corruption that can be as extreme as any other countrys. Other countries that are not as fortunate as ours are going to try and place us in situations that will make us look like we cannot handle great problems. We need to know our status as well as be aware of our flaws so that we will continue improving. I don t think that we will ever be at the point where we are the most powerful because there is always room for improvement. We have also forgotten some lessons that we should have learned, such as civil rights. Civil rights are what make our country what it is. The business of detaining people that belong to a certain group goes back to the time the Japanese-Americans were detained after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This makes our democracy appear weaker because we are going back to mistakes made in the past. We need to focus on our imperfections so that we may improve and get the focus away from our power we do hold. 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 tp136.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. 2003-03-03