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“
The blog Fabius Maximus has a post on this that includes a working youtube copy of the video:
J. Knight says:
September 30, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Graeme,
Unfortunately – not me. Happy to take the comparison though.
If you substituted Nazi Child molester for skeptic into the film, I think many people would argue that the magic killing button was humourous because this group is comprised of monsters who deserve to die. Killing monster can be viewed as funny, killing innocents cannot. The only way the film can be seen as humourous is for the viewer to believe the victims are unquestionably monsters. The fact that 1010 thought the film was funny, shows that even if they are not actually advocating killing skeptics, they really believe killing skeptic is ok. The fact that they thought that the public would find it funny shows not only that they are intolerant zealots, but they are out of touch with how radical and extreme their own belief system is.
David Gould, now that you have wisely given up the attempt to parley with the pharisees, can I ask you – do you not think that, given that the film’s creator (you and I seem to agree) may have intended it as a subversive rebuke to the people who commissioned it, he did a pretty good job? That his barbs were well-aimed, that he revealed some essential truths about the CAGW movement? And doesn’t that kindle your scepticism, and lead you to question what it has been telling you to believe? If so, I ask you to disregard to the harrumphing you have been treated to on this thread, and visit other posts, on this and other blogs, where you will find much that is provocative, but usually debated less sanctimoniously.
Jon Cherney says: The only way the film can be seen as humourous is for the viewer to believe the victims are unquestionably monsters.
Well said. They certainly can’t think themselves as elite on their qualifications, so they need to dehumanize others. If those horrible others think incorrectly, then they’re gullible/ignorant/stupid/crazy/evil… It’s amazing what a desire to think of oneself as better than others can lead people into.
No reaction from the BBC yet:
A search of the BBC website for ‘No Pressure’
http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=toolbar&uri=%2F&q=%22no+pressure%22
yields nothing………………
I like to tell people that the film Silent Running was the first film to warn of the dangers of environmental extremism. After all, the demented protagonist blew up has coworkers with a nuclear device to save a bunch of trees. At least it was done in a very sterile way.
As with many others, my first thought was that this HAD to be a spoof in stunningly bad taste OF environmentalists, not BY them. I was bracing for the inevitable barrage of e-mail from my Greenie friends. Now, I am readying my own.
“Tregonsee says:
October 2, 2010 at 5:45 am ”
If memory serves, they were the ONLY trees of Earth left living (The plants were sent off-world because of war?), looked after by the crew and “Louey”, “Hughey” or “Duey”, I don’t recall which one survived. But through the movie, the plants were dying. The protagonist realises, I think with a reference to “a nice sunny day” on a video call, the plants needed “light” (The Sun. The creator of all life on Earth and it’s destroyer). But at least the protagonist did “off” himself in a spectaular way.
“I like to tell people that the film Silent Running was the first film to warn of the dangers of environmental extremism. After all, the demented protagonist blew up has coworkers with a nuclear device to save a bunch of trees.”
And if memory serves, he also blew up a ton of TREES along with them.
Talk about counter-productive.
I’m British. I have a British wife and son. We share a British sense of humour. This movie was absolutely disgusting and it’s insulting both to Britain and America to excuse it by appeals to the supposedly-opaque-to-dullard-yanks “British sense of humour”.
These lefty warmists never miss a chance to exploit children.
Thanks for the own goal nutters.
Wow, this is like a chocolate cake baked especially for BP, the coal industry, and right-wingers.
This is black humor that is understood by perhaps two percent of the population. Of course the makers of this video do not want to kill doubters of global warming. And the thinkers on the other side know this. But the masses have been trained to react, rather than think – so the thinkers on the pro-industry right-wing will play their constituents like a fiddle and rile them into a raging froth over this. And you know what? The fossil-fuel industry is having multiple orgasms right now. They could not have hoped for a self-immolation like this in a million years.
“Of course the makers of this video do not want to kill doubters of global warming.”
Maybe, but a lot of environmental campaigners really do and the producers well know it. In fact I suspect they were pandering to such people and congratulating themselves in the process. There is little more satisfying than delivering what one’s peer group likes to see but they forgot about the rest of us in their self indulgent spasm.
Had it not been for the outrage they would have provided such people with support and succour and thereby encouraged them. Most likely that will happen anyway to some extent.
As it is I’m sure some of the more unbalanced extremists will be encouraged and may well take action. Some already have committed serious violent acts even without this sort of idiotic suggestion.
Isn’t ‘accessory before the act’ some sort of crime ?
Most of us understand black humour. The radical Muslim version is black humour. The 10-10 version is not. The latter is a threat and call to arms whether so intended or not and therein lies the real issue.
Mark Dudek-
I keep seeing defenders saying that everybody is too stupid to understand it. But they never then explain what we’ve misunderstood, that is, what the message was supposed to be. Neither have the filmmakers done so.
I’d be much obliged if you could please explain the real message- specifically the message of blowing up the reluctant- so that we can all understand our mistake.
Okay, small point on the discussion:
I know it’s bad form to assume an intrinsic link between AGW proponents and the left / far left, but I think we can stipulate that both the genesis of this film and its target audience are not properly categorized as either conservative or right-wing. Or moderate, centrist, or for that matter mainstream or accepted.
And so I must point out that to make the argument that it must be satire because OF COURSE the left, bleeding hearts that they are, don’t want to kill dissenters – is about the LEAST well-supported contention of the last 100 years, and you have more than a hundred million prematurely-departed souls to convince before you run it up the flag pole to see who salutes.
Oh, and OF COURSE it was a “joke,” the problem is the sickness of the joke itself, combined with the message the joke is there to support. I’m kind of aghast, again, at the sudden assertion from the usual circles that all jokes are harmless. Well, all of *their* jokes.
Marx Dudek says:
October 2, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Wow, this is like a chocolate cake baked especially for BP, the coal industry, and right-wingers.
Well, I call myself center-left, and I am disgusted with this vile video, so how could I see it as chocolate cake? Chocolate cake was what the producers thought they were producing.
This is black humor that is understood by perhaps two percent of the population.
I do not know the percentage of psychiatrists and psychiatric social workers in the population. I am sure they understand why some people get self satisfaction watching blood and gore.
Of course the makers of this video do not want to kill doubters of global warming. And the thinkers on the other side know this. But the masses have been trained to react, rather than think – so the thinkers on the pro-industry right-wing will play their constituents like a fiddle and rile them into a raging froth over this.
I am in a raging froth and have nothing to do, as a retired physicist, with any industry.
Somebody in another thread posted the “cute things exploding” video, and I am in a frothing rage about that too. The pornography of snuff films and blood and gore.
And you know what? The fossil-fuel industry is having multiple orgasms right now.
The producers of this vile video were having multiple orgasms while making it, and were expecting more when it hit the schools. They must be [snip] to boot.
They could not have hoped for a self-immolation like this in a million years.
There is a greek proverb, “God loves the thief, and equally He loves the home owner”. He gives us equal chances. We got Climate gate didn’t we?
anna v,
I am very angry about it too. I really was so overwhelmed when I first watched it that I had to walk away – I could not even tease out what I was reacting to most so that I could formulate a proper response. I have been able to do that now and realise that while I had a strong negative reaction to the violence, the part that has made me really angry is the bully message contained within the film that suppresses expression of choice.
Marx Dudek says:
October 2, 2010 at 7:01 pm
“[…] Of course the makers of this video do not want to kill doubters of global warming. ”
I guess that’s the exact reason why they made a video showing the killing of said doubters.
Verity Jones says:
October 3, 2010 at 5:04 am
the part that has made me really angry is the bully message contained within the film that suppresses expression of choice.
Having lived under a junta for seven years, the act by a part of the population to take the freedom of choice from the rest is something I have lived through, it does not surprise me as much as the total lack of humaneness and empathy shown by this video. There is a minimum that separates humans from human monsters and this video crosses the line. ( in addition to doing a number of other undesirable things, like brain washing and coercion and familiarization with blood).
TomFP ,
Personally, I think it did a good job both ways.
As to changing my opinion re AGW, not really – indeed, I have to say that the reaction by many sceptics here to my comments has tended to reduce any tendency I may have had to pay attention to what they are saying on other topics. That is, of course, a generalisation: a few silly comments on a blog do not really amount to evidence for or against a proposition. But it is my gut reaction.
That has been counterbalanced, however, by the few like yourself who seem to accept that reasonable people can disagree on complex and controversial issues.
In any case, I will keep examining the evidence and try to ignore the extremists on both sides.
Wow! I can’t believe how fast this video was yanked. I watched it about 10 minutes ago and went back for a second look and it’s been yanked everywhere. Most links end up with the YouTube “This is a private video” message. If anyone has a live link, please post it!
I love how these little skits show exactly how extremely stupid the left is and much they help promote the rights base. It is because of you people that produce and promote this kind of junk that the wonderful United States of America is going back to the truth of the right and I would personally like to thank you for expressing your stupidity so the whole world can finally see how you people think, believe, and what you really want for the world. Thankyou again for helping our nation get back on track so we can move foreward and put the left back where they belong, in the loony bins of our minds. Again Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou.
Psychologists tell us that humor often tries to cover deeply anti-social emotions with a socially acceptable smiley face, and that the emotion is often unconscious to the humorist. The 10.10 film demonstrates that \”campaign to reduce carbon emissions\” (or whatever they are calling it this week) is a watermelon campaign — green on the outside and red on the inside. Like their explicitly communist brethren these people would not hesitate to make their hostile fantasy real.
Moderator, please,
The link in update2 is dead, here is a youtube replacement:
they seem to be determined to take that down, this non-youtube should be a lot more secure:
http://eyetube.me/play/1010_behind_the_scenes
You don’t think my six year old daughter would sit up and listen to the global warming preachers…………………………………………………….. if she ever sees that video?
Brainwashing by threats and intimidation.
Pure and simple.