Reply #37: You get more flies with honey than vinegar

[imenja]

If you goal is to encourage Emanuel or other politicians to rethink their position, I suggest a more thoughtful, less accusatory letter in the future. That is the sort of mail that is going to be put aside with little to no consideration. Consider if someone you know sent you a letter in which they accused you of a variety of unsavory acts in a hostile tone. You would not want to read it, and you would dismiss the author as a hateful person. Strategy is important in getting one's point of view across. You want to right letters that hold a possibility of having an impact, not simply express animosity.