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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and we sincerely apologise to anybody we have offended.
You did not offend. You deeply offended .
At 10:10 we’re all about trying new and creative ways
Oh……
How creative.
SARCASM STILL ON, cont.
Unfortunately in this instance we missed the mark
You brilliant global warming people couldn’t tell how absolutely offensive it was? Yes, you are so brilliant. Thank you for saving the world with your nimble intellectual acrobatics. Truly impressive. Truly.
What is your encore?
Oh well, we live and learn.
Hopefully what you learned is how bloody obtuse you are.
Watching the video RHG links to, Franny Armstrong sure looks like all mouth no brain.
They missed the mark. That’s it? Showing children being killed, blown up, bloody entrails? Because they disagreed? Yeah, they missed the mark alright. This is the extent of their apology?
@Mike Borgelt
** Maybe we should have waited a little longer before the outrage.
“never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake” **
No, Mike. We harried them into compounding their error with their lame and insincere apology.
So apparently, some of the AGW’ers ARE this dense?
THAT was supposed to be comedy!? What black, vile humor! [snip]
I’m sure that the makers of this little film are very surprised by the response to it. In their circle of friends and acquaintances, they may have rarely come across someone who actually disagreed with their beliefs and it was certainly not someone of their social standing if they did. I’m going to guess that their ratio of two skeptics in a classroom is about what they thought the real world was like. If less than 10% of people complained about the film, they may have felt the other 90% would be there to shout the minority down and tell them how they had no sense of humor. If the makers of the mini-movie don’t read comments, their statement that “(m)any people found the resulting film extremely funny, but unfortunately some didn’t” may well reflect what they’ve heard from friends and colleagues.
I don’t know about the Hollywood elite, but I have had some experience with liberal elites in the Washington DC suburbs of northern Virginia. I’ve met very wealthy people who seem to have never encountered a non-believer in CAGW before. They assume I have no idea what I’m talking about and must be a follower of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. When I asked how one group felt about the revelations of Climategate, not one of them had heard of it. I wonder if they’ll hear of this.
Revised with comments:
Stupid is as Stupid does!
I stand corrected John M. Thank you. And I think you are right, Mr. Golf Charley. This is spreading faster and faster… perhaps its good to feed the fire in this case.
“In their circle of friends and acquaintances, they may have rarely come across someone who actually disagreed with their beliefs”
ElizabethA nailed it…wtg
last line of the apology “Onward and upward” As if they could go any lower.
Golf Charley says:
October 1, 2010 at 4:27 pm
davidmhoffer
Like it!
Can you put that script (modified) with dialogue on to a parody of the 10:10 video and post it?>>
Dialogue I can write. Editing video beyond my skill set. If someone else wants to do that part, they are free to use what I wrote as is, or I am happy to rewrite as needed. Its that or pour new concrete pad this weekend, and concrete is heavy. On the other hand, there’s a lot of CO2 as a result of pouring concrete, which would offend the folks at 10:10. By my calculations, I would need to pour a concrete pad that covered all of North America to generate enough CO2 to offend them as much as just the first segment of their video offended me.
As Homer Simpson once said “It’s funny because it’s true”. Yesterday the greenies revealed their true nature and I am laughing. Only I am not laughing with them.
I am laughing at them.
I just want to know what kind of drugs these gore-oids are taking or are they drinking effluent from a water treatment plant. Nothing and I mean nothing in climate science indicates climate change is drastic or an imminent threat. I really think these people are potentially dangerous as the struggle between socialism and Democracy comes to a peek. They are disconnected from reality. This is not about a legitimate scientific debate, but about the eploitation of science or pseudo-science to advance a political agenda.
So sorry.
Today we put up an incredibly stupid and representative of 10:10 and climate change called ‘No Pressure’.
With climate change alarmists becoming increasingly threatening, and decreasingly approached by rational thought, we wanted to find a way to bring this critical issue back into the headlines whilst making people speechless with anger and mortification. We were therefore more than a little surprised when Britain’s leading comedy writer, Richard Curtis – writer of Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill and many others – agreed to write an incomprehensibly stupid vignette for the 10:10 campaign. A few psychopaths we test marketed found the resulting film extremely funny, but unfortunately human beings didn’t and we sincerely apologise to anybody with more sensibility than a scorpion.
Is this part of Holdren’s strategy to “de-develop” the US? [snip] Believe it or not, I used to give monthly credit-card donations to WWF and Greenpeace. I’m sick of all this bull[snip], it has nothing to do with saving the environment.
so how do I find an active link that works. The one’s I sent out have all gone away.
>>> What will be their encore?
Oh, how about some Muslims blowing up Jews. Now surely something like that can only be funny, and never considered offensive. (sarc off )
These people have no brains.
And as I said before, you can report this to the UK police under their hate-crimes unit. It is a simple online form. Back-search this thread for it.
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“The Brits would get it”…eh?! Which British people were they referring to, I wonder? Not this one, I can tell you. I think it is very deeply offensive. I hope it thoroughly backfires on the Warmists. I think they must have deep psychological problems if they thought it clever or funny.
‘I gotta define this generation’, by Frannie Armstrong via RHG’s link @ur momisugly 5:29 PM yesterday. That and her next sentence provide the diagnosis. She has delusions of grandeur.
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Remember, “cooler heads will prevail”, a statement that’s just too funny and ironic! But this is the most important time to just stick to facts and truths and don’t let this emotionally draw you into ad hom. This just gives the AGW cult members ability to deflect from facing data science supported truths and their agreeing with death threat videos of non believers.
Just be calm and collected, flood them with real data, grab some popcorn and watch them hang themselves!
Cowards/liars always have big mouths and utter death threats, to me ……”It’s game on “, I smell a revolution brewing.