Well, it’s official. The 10:10 Carbon reduction team was embarrassed enough by their vile video showing children who disagreed with carbon reduction schemes getting blown up.
They’ve put an apology up on their website:
It reads:
Sorry.
Today we put up a mini-movie about 10:10 and climate change called ‘No Pressure’.
With climate change becoming increasingly threatening, and decreasingly talked about in the media, we wanted to find a way to bring this critical issue back into the headlines whilst making people laugh. We were therefore delighted when Britain’s leading comedy writer, Richard Curtis – writer of Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill and many others – agreed to write a short film for the 10:10 campaign. Many people found the resulting film extremely funny, but unfortunately some didn’t and we sincerely apologise to anybody we have offended.
As a result of these concerns we’ve taken it off our website.
We’d like to thank the 50+ film professionals and 40+ actors and extras and who gave their time and equipment to the film for free. We greatly value your contributions and the tremendous enthusiasm and professionalism you brought to the project.
At 10:10 we’re all about trying new and creative ways of getting people to take action on climate change. Unfortunately in this instance we missed the mark. Oh well, we live and learn.
Onwards and upwards,
Eugenie, Franny, Daniel, Lizzie and the whole 10:10 team
Well, I’m not impressed. The correct way to phrase it is “I’m sorry” or “We are sorry”.
Simply saying “sorry” doesn’t cut it, and removes the person(s) from the apology. It’s an admission of error, but not of guilt. I correct my own children on this point of distinction.
Their vile video continues to go viral, I think they’ll have to do better than this because they’ve released a firestorm upon themselves now. This was to be their premiere day, but its a “Black Friday” for the eco movement now.
The video keeps getting posted to YouTube faster than it can be deleted. They have a game of legal whack-a-mole on their hands on the day that was to be their premiere:
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Richard Sharpe,
Not only that, but like all card carrying alarmists he gets the Scientific Method backwards. CO2=CAGW is their hypothesis. They own it; they must defend it.
Skeptics have nothing to prove.
I don’t have the time right now, john, but I will take this up again. Thanks for being one of the very few “deniers” who does not get hysterically defensive when called on this. It would be very interesting to see one of those others produce anything that gives support to denial.
There is none so far as I can find. And I have followed the research for years – all of it.
This thread is just a storm in a teacup.
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Charlie Williams,
You wish? Hey, in fairy tales wishes do come true. Keep trying, yours might too.
John
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Amused,
Good luck.
Our host here is requesting that commenters not use the “d” word that you used in your last comment. Out of respect for our host, we should not use it.
But, you are the first to ever directly call me that in my memory (which isn’t what it used to be). : ) Man, I gotta run out and rent a DVD of Schindler’s List again.
Only last week was the first time I was ever directly called a skeptic. Things in the AGW circles must be getting a little more desperate as the public increasingly realizes the climate situation is not as was claimed by the AGW supporters.
John
Calling the advertisers to withdraw support from 1010 global has been effective.
Compare “Sponsors” Kyocera, Eaga and Sony have withdrawn as sponsors from 1010 global.
Compare current “Partners” at http://www.1010global.org/uk/partners
with the Google cached version.
As far as I’m concerned, this video was straight-up advocacy of murdering people for political dissent. Those countries that have banned Nazi groups and views (at least) ought to broaden the ban to cover groups that advocate killing people for their beliefs.
global warming hoaxxxx!!!!
I always knew those 10:10’ers were a shifty crowd.
Socialist fanatics have such a keen sense of humor. No doubt Pol Pot would have found blowing up politically deviant kids “extremely funny.” Much more entertaining than putting plastic bags over their heads and watching them suffocate.