The British environmental group 10:10, devoted to cutting carbon emissions 10 percent each year, created a message video that was a bit too explosive for its own good. The gist: any poor sap who fails to go along with the 10 percent cut, be it a schoolchild or a soccer star, is blown to smithereens. It’s been pulled from YouTube, and it has angered allies like Bill McKibben. The video can still be seen here; the bloodletting is graphic (if intended to be comical), so use your judgment before playing. [%comments]

Unfortunately, 10:10 seems to be mostly fronted by celebrities and op-ed journalists who’ve only just switched to CFL light bulbs. If you’re doing that, then it’s easy to cut by 10% in one year (and I don’t think they’ve even been gong that long). But I’m not sure that those of us who did the easy stuff way back in the 1990′s figure much in their world view….
pretty nasty
This is so over the top that one has to wonder why nobody -writers, editors, sponsors, creative consultants, participants – thought it was a bad idea …. unless they really are callous to anything but an agenda. Most telling may be the behind-the-scenes production clip. The children seem oblivious to what is being suggested and delight in the fun while being exploited. One gore-covered boy says about the blood-spattered effects, “It’s for a good cause.” He appears already to be on the career-track of a bureaucrat or politician who knows better than his constituents and will make them do what’s good for them. Chilling.
Well, at least we know exactly how they want ot deal with us. KILL EVERRYONE THAT DOESN’T AGREE. Well done, true colours are shown, but it is something every knows about the Eco Nuts already. Glad they finally commited it ot film for all to see.
I imagine the gratuitous gore was intended to stir up interest in their campaign.
YouTube banning it is just the icing on the cake, look at all this free publicity it’s getting now.
Religious fanatics who threaten to kill people who don’t share their faith.
Seems to fit the mold.
FYI: Youtube didn’t ban it. 10:10 itself took it down.
Global warming….yawn