My Inbox exploded with tips today, this one in particular. This unbelievably vile video from the 10:10 campaign takes the award for the most disgusting climate and carbon reduction video ever. It is in a class by itself, which is off the scale. See also Ryan Maue’s post below this one on the 350.org tie in for 10:10.
What were they thinking? They weren’t, because this is going to have the exact opposite effect they intended it to have. I don’t have words to describe my disgust with the video.
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO IMAGERY
Here is what they say about it on YouTube:
The1010Campaign | September 30, 2010http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
Whippersnapping climate campaign 10:10 teams up with legendary comic screenwriter Richard Curtis – you know, Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, co-founded Comic Relief – and Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong to proudly present their explosive new mini-movie “No Pressure”. The film stars X-Files’ Gillian Anderson, together with Spurs players past and present – including Peter Crouch, Ledley King and David Ginola – with music donated by Radiohead. Shot on 35mm by a 40-strong professional film crew led by director Dougal Wilson, “No Pressure” celebrates everybody who is actively tackling climate change… by blowing up those are aren’t.
I know people will be upset by this, please keep your comments civil – Anthony
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UPDATE1:
Some people in comments whether this is some sort of horrible spoof. It appears to be direct from 10:10, as the URL highlighted in yellow below on the YouTube description links directly to the 10:10 promotional web page:
http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
which is a subpage of their main website.
UPDATE2: They are so proud of this “mini-movie” they did a “behind the scenes” video of it.h/t to WUWT reader “scarlet pumpernickel”.
UPDATE3: Hot Topic (an AGW proponent site) in New Zealand thinks this video is “obviously effective“
wayne says:
October 1, 2010 at 1:30 am
Part way through you say:
“Goto Documents & Settings under your account to Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and sort by Last Accessed date.”
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but where do I find “Documents & Settings under your account”?
Boris Gimbarzevsky says:
October 1, 2010 at 3:22 am
The closest that Monty Python ever came….
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Boris, very funny:-) you ought to be in the business. I liked your scenario:-)
and the careful consideration of the Carbon output of explosives, my thought was we’d use far less removing the AGwarmist, believers, as 40 countries of a possible? 140+
is pretty low representation.
Who can we complain to to have this site taken offline?
I wonder….
“We are 10:10, a company registered in England and Wales under registration number 6958799. Our registered address is 10:10 UK, 7th Floor, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX.
7.2 We are registered as a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. Our registration number on the register of data controllers maintained by the Information Commissioner is Z1891365.”
I wonder what is in the data protectioin act, and I wonder if the IC would be interested in this blatant waste of electons and energy.
This is as subtle as the Nazis trying to boost their image with Kristallnacht and the gas chambers. Agree with us or we kill you. Some people on the Guardian site call this humour and think it is hilarious. That scares me. Wonder what they are like. But we know what human nature is like. I urge you to read Koestler’s “Ghost in the Machine”. This is just the next episode of Nazism, Stalinism, Pol Pot, Rwanda.
Disgusting! Typical leftisit thinking, “If you are with us, you should be eliminated.” Of course, none of them stops to consider how little what they suggest could matter.
In Canada for sure and I believe in Britain and the USA this type of work is covered under “Hate Crime” legislation. We will have to see how it plays out.
Surely this is akin to “A Modest Proposal”. Even the worst CAGW must know what the take is going to be on this piece-o-crap.
I reread that twice, and clicked Post, then noticed I forgot the negative within the quotes. I intended to write, “If you are NOT with us, you should be eliminated.” (or exploded all over everyone else to keep them in line in this instance)
My name is Adolf Hitler and I approve of this message.
Just to introduce myself, I lead an organisation of like minded indviduals called the National Socialist German Workers Party (yes, we really are socialists, I know its hilarious!). We also believe in a brighter, better future for those of a like mind and we too believe that in extreme times extreme measures must be put in place to realise our dream of a cleaner, greener future. On this, we agree with the 10:10 organisation.
http://www.1010global.org/uk/about
As some of you may be aware we have suffered some bad publicity due to our campaign, known as the Final Solution. As such we sympathise with the 10:10 organisation as they will undoubtably suffer criticism due to the content of their film.
But you are not alone! We too believe in the execution of those children who stand in the way of out socialist dream (remember, I did say we are sociallists!). Not only do we agree with your suggested course of action we actually stand in awe of your vision, we salute the strength of character it takes to, not only execute children, but to do it publicy and without trial or recourse to an appeal process. We can only marvel at the power of persuasion such a course of action must have on those children who stand witness to this calculated act of barbarism!
Of course the public execution of adults who disagree with our program of societal improvement has long been a traditional method of educating others. But, even we with our secret police organisation, felt the need to execute our children in complete secrecy and to destroy as much evidence of these acts as we possibly can.
Since there is so much on which we agree I would like to publicly invite the 10:10 to our Global Climate event next year. In June, 1941, i mean 2011, we shall be launching a drive into the heart of Russia (tentatively called Operation Barbarossa) in which we will seek to make the world a better place. We would ask that the 10:10 organisation work with us, behind the lines and out of danger, to help eradicate the pestilence of carbon misuse.
As a mark of our utmost respect we would assign you the top position as Einsatzgruppen 1, the premier league if you will, of our educational organisation.
Now, it is regrettable that during our Global Climate meeting we will be accused of hypocrisy since we will, in fact, emit quite a lot of carbon through our operations. Well, you cant run a Panzer Division on hot air! However it is our earnest belief that this carbon jackbootprint will be more than offset by the reduction in carbon users (or abusers I should say!) at the end of our operation. You cant make an omlette without executing millions of others as the old saying goes!
So I hope to see you all on the Russian steppe next year!
Warmest Regards
A. Hilter,
Leader (or Fuhrer if you will) of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
greenies don’t think this is bad at all. In fact many of them believe that killing off a good portion of mankind is a very good idea that should be pursued with fervour.
Its OK for you chaps in the USbut my taxes paid or this juvenile stunt.
Brownedoff says:
October 1, 2010 at 4:44 am
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but where do I find “Documents & Settings under your account”?
open “my computer”, then “users”, then your account name.
TomFP says:
September 30, 2010 at 11:47 pm
“Anthony – I still think there’s a better than sporting chance that this WAS produced by a sceptic. I would be very surprised, but I’ll grant that it’s possible, if Curtis was a CAGW proponent, but I would be truly astonished if in addition he thought this film was a benefit to the CAGW cause. And the fact that the warmies had already made the absurd and egregious pap you instance only meant that Curtis had to plumb even greater depths of absurdity to achieve his goal – hence the exploding kids. Just look at his oevre – the man has an uncanny grasp of subtext and the tendentious use of language. (Queenie, upon Blackadder ”
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The more I think about it, the more it looks like you may be right. The video looks funny only as mockery of the very mindset it supposedly tries to promote. Finding it funny from the other side requires, in my opinion, extraordinary amounts of silliness. How Curtis managed to fool these people into believing they were producing something good to their cause (if that’s what he did) is not only a tribute to his cleverness, but an indicator of the hopeless stupidity of those who agreed to finance such a mordant parody of themselves.
There are many ways to look at this, but in general I agree with you that, no matter how you look at it, the end result will be a huge gift to skeptics.
A few points:
1. I use a reliable downloading add-on for Firefox called “Video Downloader Toolbar” – I’ve been using it for months with no problems.
2. The video as displayed here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/The1010Campaign#p/a/u/1/3UHN3zHoYA0
begins with overlaid text:
“Warning: If you don’t like gore, then this film isn’t for you.
“There is a shrinking time frame for action on climate change. We hope this mini-movie will get you talking, get you fired up, but most of all inspire you.”
3. I’m a Brit, and am with TomFP on this. Whoever made this has pulled off a fantastic sabotage job, whether he did it intentionally or no. When I first viewed it, not having ploughed through any of the comments yet, I felt sure it must have been produced as a wicked anti-AGW skit. I still can’t quite believe it isn’t.
It’s a monumental own goal. And the fact that many Americans here are outraged is (forgive me) okay. Why? because whichever reaction one has, either incredulity at the stupidity of anyone who could think this was good publicity (and associated schadenfreude), or moral outrage, it only goes to prove that a major clanger has been dropped. Even more pleasing to have read that David Cameron seems to have backed the 10:10 group, and if this goes viral, he’ll have a lot of explaining to do.
One thing about this whole mess is that no one in the establishment ever seems to have to explain very much.
Gareth says:
October 1, 2010 at 4:33 am
Barry Woods said: “Even in the Guardain, who scooped this..”
Scooped? Not in the slightest. The Guardian are one of 10:10′s ‘media partners‘.
I know, sorry, being ironic…….
Guardian said this:
“Here’s a highly explosive short film, written by Richard Curtis, from our friends at the 10:10 climate change campaign”
Nice friends…..
To quote one of the ‘sceptic’ commenters on the Guardian thread on this subject: “When your enemy is committing suicide, don’t get in his way.” This is a massive own-goal for 10-10, as the comments on the Guardian’s website prove – and they are nearly all from ‘warmists’
I’m decimated.
Djozar says:
October 1, 2010 at 5:09 am
“Surely this is akin to “A Modest Proposal”.
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Yes, and to the extent it is, it makes me agree with TomFP that the 10:10 people may have been had by a skeptic.
Here is a modern Modest Proposal, written by skeptics and based on the (actual) fact that breathing by humans and their domestic animals produces a similar amount of CO2 as fossil fuel emissions.
http://climateguy.blogspot.com/search/label/1%20-%20Taking%20CO2%20Seriously
Taking CO2 Seriously
by David F. Noble and Denis G. Rancourt
The Swift Institute on Global Warming
May, 2007
Life is deadly. All living things that breathe oxygen burn their food and emit poisonous CO2 as a pollutant. With every breath they contribute to the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, and, hence, to global warming. And yet, for all the frantic formulas floating around aimed at the reduction of CO2 emissions, particularly through limitations on the burning of fossils fuels (dead living things), little attention has been paid to this obvious other source (still living things). Rough calculations suggest that CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are dwarfed by the emissions from these living things, including human beings. Emissions from human metabolism alone, assuming a world population of six billion people and an averaging of their state of activity, are estimated to be equivalent to approximately half of 1990 fossil fuel emissions. Add to these human sources the CO2 emissions from all other creatures on the planet, including plants which respire as well as photosynthesize, and the total amount of emissions from living things is staggering.
To forestall the forecasted calamities of global warming, there must be a reduction of “living things emissions” (LTE’s). This can be approached in two ways, by reducing the number of living things, through their humane or not so humane elimination, and by reducing the amount of respiration of each living thing, through enforceable limits on exertion. With regard to the first, we appear to be well on our way. The loss of habitat through development, deforestation, and agribusiness has contributed greatly to loss of life and species extinction. Warfare will continue to contribute significantly as well, along with genocide. Human and animal population control and sterilization further limit LTE’s. All of this is a good start, but just a start. It’s time to let go of our pets. The number of livestock on farms, which has swelled enormously, could be cut back substantially with the elimination of meat from our diet. We must also begin to give serious consideration to euthanizing expendable members of our family and community. With regard to worklife and lifestyle, we must work hard at not working hard, thereby lowering our metabolism, respiring less, and reducing our CO2 emissions. The impulse to exercise must be exorcised, along with fitness clubs, marathons, and organized sports. Caffeine, which speeds up metabolism, must be banned. The work ethic must be replaced by yoga and meditation. Only by minimizing all effort will we survive. If we are serious about reducing CO2 emissions, we must all do our part, as little as possible.
It tends to be shocking when totalitarians reveal their real beliefs and wishes.
I suggest a public burning of the works of Richard Curtis, that should produce enough CO2 to stave off the next ice age
Hey,
I blogged the 10:10 video this morning (http://actoncampus.org.nz/blog/no-pressure-its-your-choice-boom), and it has since gone around New Zealand after being picked up by our biggest blog: http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz.
But the video is gone now – they’ve set it to private.
A friend tells me that before it when private, they added a note to the start saying it was just a parody. I guess they decided that wasn’t enough!
I hope someone has a copy somewhere.
Looks like the video has been edited by someone, inserting a warning. Might it have been Youtube? I just can’t imagine a child seeing this film…
Can’t these guys be prosecuted?
Ecotretas
It looks to me like the funding which kept the environmental train moving with everybody on board is getting derailed, questions are finally being asked and the infighting amongs believers is stepping up a pace. This is the froth that documentaries 10 years from now will be showing and asking how we got here. If it was presented by a government it would be a major issue, but as it is will be putting judiciaries in a rather uncomfortable position. Videos like this tend to be produced by the disaffected – not those with the support of the establishment.
David Wendt – you do misunderstand me. I mean that 10:10 decided to produce a sanctimonious video, and commissioned Curtis to do it. Curtis accepted, stuck his tongue in his cheek, and produced a video he knew was poisonous to their cause.
At least that’s my best guess, but I’d still be open to the admittedly uncongenial idea that Curtis is a card-carrying warmie, if anyone can point me to his form. In an effort to determine whether his warming is unprecedented, or part of a rising trend, I have attempted to find instances of prior Curtis ecobabble. Further research is of course vital (grant, please?), but so far while I’ve found that he’s made a film that says potentially silly things about African poverty, I could find nothing that fingers him definitely as a warmie. He’s enough of a sleb that I would have thought the usual suspects (leaving aside, of course, his present patron) would have prominently recruited him to the Cause.