In our digital age we whip off a text or email in seconds. We can sign an on-line petition in a jiffy or download a form letter and have it faxed back in a minute.
Perhaps — just perhaps — an old fashioned phone call or personal letter in your own words will have more weight.
If you only have a few seconds, email is fine: DO IT!! Personally, I am making the time to write to the French Ambassador to Canada by mail through Canada Post about their Olympic debacle.
I will draft the letter in my own words. It will be very short and polite in the hope that a human eye is cast over it! (…printed because my handwriting is not pleasant!)
I will briefly tell the ambassador of the consequences to France of insulting me as a Christian. It will be signed in my own hand and have my contact information (so they can response, or at least verify my existence.) Please remember that it is an offense to threaten any official.
Your respective ambassador can be found through a quick internet search. Once you have their name and address, there is a protocol to addressing the envelope and to the salutation.
Envelope:
His/Her Excellency
(Full Name)
The Ambassador of (Official Name of Country)
(Address)
The French ambassador to Canada is a Michel Miraillet, so my envelope will read:
His Excellency,
Mr. Michel Miraillet,
The Ambassador of France,
42 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, ON
K1M 2C9
The written salutation is “Dear Ambassador” (or “Your Excellency” or “Dear Ambassador Miraillet”) & the final salutation is: “Yours sincerely.”
Conclusion
Together we stand…
Yes, I am aware that the consequences I can bring to bear on France are negligible.
My leaf might join your twig which might form a bundle from others. If there are enough — & there are 2.4 Billion Christians in the world! — France will not be able to ignore the forest of responses!
Bonne Chance!
Kevin Hay
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