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“
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Hollywood narcissists have always been useful idiots to fascist idiologies.
The conservative media will have a field day with this. O’reilly is coming on soon.
From The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/sep/30/10-10-no-pressure-film
“Doing nothing about climate change is still a fairly common affliction, even in this day and age. What to do with those people, who are together threatening everybody’s existence on this planet? Clearly we don’t really think they should be blown up, that’s just a joke for the mini-movie, but maybe a little amputating would be a good place to start?” jokes 10:10 founder and Age of Stupid film maker Franny Armstrong.
What a relief. They don’t “really” think those who don’t agree, or just don’t care should be blown up, but maybe a little amputating to begin with- hahaha.
These people are sick; really, really sick. But, the good news is that this just shows how truly desperate they are.
Is this for real?
Button pressing scenes are Standard Operating gore in today’s shooter video games.
I would say it’s aimed at the young audience.
Message would be quite clear.
If this is really for real?
In every example you could see the cowering fear and sudden realisation on the folk around the victims, I imagine this will be the same with a great many on board with the message when they see this.
Stunning.
How long before some radical enviromentalist visits violence on a skeptic and references the official “No Pressure” campaign as their justification.
There are a bunch of unstable people who are in that group.
I really really thought this was a black-humour spoof from some climate skeptic group taking the p*** out of alarmists.
It looks as if AGW is fast becoming florid psychosis. Just like Nebuchadnezzar who also overreached himself.
I’d like to hope jorgekafkazar is right:
REPLY: Unfortunately, it appears they are. The URL promoting the release tomorrow at their website appears valid.
See my update above – Anthony
Seriously – if someone asks me now what I’m doing to cut my carbon emissions, my first thought is going to be that they are dangerous and pose a physical threat to me.
I can’t help but think the producers and promoters of this video are intending to incite violence. This is absolutely dangerous.
If this is a hoax, a satire, it’s brilliant.
On the other hand, if the 10:10 folks did this themselves, we should thank them! They’ve just done more to undermine their cause than they realize. I’d very much like to see them make more of these!
That said… if they did this, it means they’re a very special kind of stupid. They really ought to be locked up.. for the common good, of course… and to reduce their carbon footprints.
This seems to be more a video AGAINST making laws forcing compliance. I just can’t wrap my brain around AGW’ers putting this out. No one can be that dense.
I thought it was very funny, personally. 🙂 As for whether it will work, it has got people talking about it, which is the first aim of any advertising campaign.
Everyone associated with this video needs to be locked up in a psych ward.
There is a really bad message to children in this film. The message is that murder of true innocents is permissible if they offend your deeply held belief system. Not quite as bad as Leopold and Loeb but right up there with Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot.
So Curtis saw the news about James Lee, and thought he had the right idea?
Bob_L says:
September 30, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Stunning.
How long before some radical enviromentalist visits violence on a skeptic and references the official “No Pressure” campaign as their justification.
There are a bunch of unstable people who are in that group.
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It already happened without an ad campain like this with the kook at the Discovery channel not to mention the family in Chile, I think it was, that did the murder suicide deal because of the fear mongering. This will just encourage more I fear.
Disgusting….
Please think about this video before you go into the polling booth on November second.
I tend not to take wacko’s seriously, but in the event that what is depicted in the video were to actually come to pass I have no doubt that the intended victims would not just stand around waiting to be blown up. Especially since the intended victims would quite likely be Republicans and/or Tea Partiers; who, as we know, cling to their guns. I suspect the outcome of such an encounter would likely not favor the survival of the perpetrators – at least not where I live. Fair warning.
“this is going to have the exact opposite effect they intended it to have.”
No further comment necessary.
This conclusion is spot on.
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Lucy,
I had not heard of the term florid psychosis previously. I looked it up. It is a good descriptor of the mentality of people who would support the actions in the video.
It is hard for me to think it really was made by any AGW supporters though.
John
Do unto others before they do it unto you!
Sick, but not unexpected.
Fortunatley that wasn’t Gillian Anderson but an alien shapeshifter. Gillian is currently on the mothership having her cerebral implant recharged. Yes I know that the alien shapeshifters used to have green goo ooze from their injuries but because of political correctness they now have to differentiate it from the green goo that emanates from the eco-movements mouths.
One of two things has happened here.
1. The promoters of this event have been had, and the video’s producers are having a right, good laugh right about now.
2. The promoters of this event have not been had, and this video is exactly what they were aiming for.
Either way, this video will only have ‘play’ for those already proselytizing for the new religion. Agnostics and us heretics certainly will not respond…well…to this video.
Meh. Rather derivative and predictable. Maybe using Yakety Sax as the sound track would help. 😉
Seriously though, who provided the funding for this disgraceful thing? “Follow the money” is the basis for the whole AGW swindle, after all.