There's a new campaign around town, and AA now has the whole background story, from a whipping boy we've cultivated over at Reuters. You may have seen the T-shirts, stickers and billboards around town:
Cute, no? But nothing in this town is without controversy. Our inside source tells us that the original campaign was outlined as:
... until it became clear that NO ONE can just BE German, as it's a state of being that is earned only through hundreds of years of concerted effort, superlative language skills, and generally far-above-average intelligence. The correct bloodlines are also essential. The Committee on Truth and Migration added the "von wegen," but the Aussiedler Union, allied with the Tourism & Other Imports Ministry, blocked this addition, as well as the finger the Committee added to the left of this additional slogan.
Fear not. There is an initiative by the mitburger of the Institut fuer Parallel Gesellschaft, which will be coming out in the coming weeks. AA got a sneak peek:
That's something we can all agree on, no?
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