"On Thursday, Jens Scholz was forwarded an e-mail originally sent by one Jean-Remy von Matt. Von Matt is one of the principal architects of a slightly bizarre 'Du bist Deutschland' ('You are Germany') public service ad campaign, mentioned here last September, which is currently urging the German public to essentially buck up and show a little gumption so the old economy can get going.

The campaign is getting a decidedly mixed reception, and Herr Jean Remy von Matt was upset with his thankless audience; where was all this naysaying coming from? Sure, his envious competitors were one source, but von Matt -- to the delight of German bloggers -- didn't leave it at that; the 'glum response' was also: "weblogs, the toilet walls of the Internet:What on earth gives every computer owner the right to secrete his opinion unasked? And most bloggers just secrete. This new low in opinion making becomes clear when one searches www.technorati.com for: Du bist Deutschland." More over here...

Links: Anglofritz and coeruleus on the current vibe in Germany. Jens Scholz started it. See all those pictures from those funny Germans.

Even more flickr fun. Show us your toilet: Here is the one from the bar next door and here is my toilet wall at home.

Technorati Ablage: "Du bist Deutschland", Deutschland, Germany