The reaction across the world to this "Comedy" was predictable, and it seems that the Grown Ups rapidly took over running the company responsible, pulled the video off Youtube, and put up this message:
Of course, it's a pretty typical non-apology apology:
Many people found the resulting film extremely funny, but unfortunately some didn’t and we sincerely apologise to anybody we have offended.See? If you didn't like the film, they're sorry you don't have a sense of humor (unlike "many" other people). Or something. Fear not, some places do not shrink from saying this explicitly - that the problem is you:
It’s only offensive if you have a sense of humour failureYeah, OK then! I mean, you don't want to be accused of not getting the joke (wink wink).
Ooooh kaaaay. Let's count the FAIL, shall we?
1. Teachers blowing up kids in class because they think the wrong thoughts.
2. Thinking that #1 is just a hoot, and that all Right Thinking People will giggle.
3. Thinking that once you post a video to Al Gore's Intarwebz, you can turn it off or something. Youtube is taking these down as fast as they can, but people keep putting it back up even faster. Dudes, the Internet interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it. I heard that somewhere.
4. Thinking you can get away with a Aw shucks, we wuz just joshing attitude. Perry de Havilland once wrote:
The problem I have with this whole discussion is that it grants what is a monstrous totalitarian perspective a polite hearing rather than the sort of response it truly deserves. It strikes me to just dignify the proposition "the state should spay women and castrate men" with "wouldn't it be better if we just find a way to reduce the fuel we burn?" is to in effect tolerate the intolerable. A far better response, and dare I say a more ethical one, would be "your policy will indeed reduce the world's population because people like me will put a 10mm hole between the eyes of totalitarian scum like you."I'm partial to .30 caliber myself, but I do remember to say it with a smile. If the person I'm talking to objects, my reply is "Jeez, can't you take a joke!?"
It might be different if this were a one-off, and outlier, a black swan. Sadly, it's pretty typical. I'm a little mystified as to why the Green Left is so anti-children, but that's what .30-06 is for.
UPDATE 1 October 2010 18:58: DirtCrashr has a recommendation on what you can do.
UPDATE 1 October 2010 19:30: This is pretty lame spin from the Green Freaks. I've found out where it came from, and it isn't pretty ...
UPDATE 1 October 2010 19:38: To Gillian Anderson (who starred in this film) and to Radiohead, who provided the music, all I have to say is Dance, Monkey!
UPDATE 1 October 2010 20:03: With a tip o' the уша́нка to the late, lamented Politburo Diktat, I leave a comment over with the Greens. Feel free to go leave your own.
.30-06 - apply directly to the forehead
ReplyDelete.30-06 - apply directly to the forehead
.30-06 - apply directly to the forehead
Bully's always target those who can't/won't defend themselves. And then when someone decides enough is enough they always play the, "Oh, I was only kidding" card to keep from getting beaten to within an inch of their lives.
ReplyDeleteThat "I was kidding" crap shouldn't stop you from giving the bully a sound thrashing.
ReplyDeleteThe assponies that put that together give morons a bad name...
ReplyDelete@DirtCrashr: DAMNSTRAIGHT. You threaten me, I fight back. I may or may not be that intimidating now, but I guarantee I can make your day go south.
ReplyDeleteBorepatch, my poor misguided friend. You've made a serious error of omission in this post. You profess your love of .30 caliber rounds and then jump right to 30-06.
ReplyDeleteHow could you forget that the Enfield, which Mrs. Borepatch loves so well, is a .30 caliber round?
Shame.
Also, remember that the SKS 7.62 x39 round, which brings such a delightful smile to Son #2, is also a .30 caliber round.
Either will do nicely dispatching despots. In the case there are several million dead German, Italian, and Japanese soldiers who would attest to that. If they weren't dead, that is.
Humor. They thought blowing up kids was funny.
ReplyDeleteHumor. I think repeatedly slamming the hands of the film makers in a truck (Whoops, lorry) door would be hilarious.
Green is the new red ... by their actions shall you judge them
ReplyDeleteAh, 10mm. What caliber for ecoNazi, indeed. Hey BP, how about the Greenpeace video with the kid?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvnqv1-_D4
WV: dophype. I think dismissing these people as dop(e)s who bought the hype would be very dangerous...