# Hey guys, since we're so sure we're right, why don't we violently slaughter our enemies? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780 "2010-10-01T22:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/61 "2010-10-04T08:40:55Z")
Two things: 1. As hinted at above, but now being more explicit - if it’s meant to be a joke, _what is the fucking joke_? That’s what I don’t get. I don’t mind sick or disgusting humor. Mr Creosote made me laugh so hard the first time I saw it, I thought I was going to have an aneurism. But the joke there was that a wafer-thin mint catalyzed an unexpected and shocking outcome to his gluttony. 10:10 said “Many people found the… film extremely funny” (who?), and “we wanted to find a way to bring this critical issue back into the headlines whilst making people laugh” How? Why? What is the joke with people who say that participation in the initiative is voluntary, killing the apathetic? Wish fulfilment? Is that funny? Why? Regardless of intent or message, I simply don’t get it in terms of humor. Unless, as someone posted on their site: > [@](#): > > I actually think the film was very funny. > > I was laughing my head off at the sheer jaw dropping stupidity that anyone involved with this thought (i) this might be a good idea and (ii) they could get away with it. 1. The organizers say “it was an imaginative attempt to challenge public apathy over climate change”. This reminds me of a time I worked for MegaCorp and went to a ghastly corporate presentation where some speaker tried to use NLP during his presentation. It was simply weird and got overwhelmingly dissed in the post-event survey that about 500 people completed. His response was “we’ve had mixed feedback, but we’re glad that this presentation made you think”. Well yes, it certainly did make me think: unfortunately the only thing it made me think is that you’re a dickhead. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/62 "2010-10-04T12:29:01Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > For my part, I didn’t really see the video as wishing death on the people who wouldn’t play along, so much as attempting to create a visceral link between inaction on climate change and the danger it poses to society. The idea isn’t, “We’ll kill you if you disagree with us,” but “You’ll die if we don’t do something about this problem.” Even though the film _explcitly_ presents “We’ll kill you if you disagree with us,” I think the implied message which you think they were trying to present (“You’ll die if we don’t do something about this problem.”) is even more problematic. I thought the whole point of environmental politics in general is to awaken the general populace to the _shared social costs_ of current policies and practices vis-a-vis the individual benefits. What I find perplexing about your implication is that, if global environmental disaster really does strike, _everyone_ is well and truly fucked, no matter your prior environmental stance. I think the video would have been far more effective if, failing to reach a unanimous consensus in each instance, when the respective buttons were pushed, **ALL** members of the groups were destroyed, including the button-pushers. > [@foolsguinea](#): > > If these people think I should die, well, fine. Of such ruthlessness are new civilizations made. YIkes. You are one scary broad. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/63 "2010-10-04T13:01:59Z")
This was so idiotic, that it made me safe tons of carbon straight away… … coming to think about it, they should have blown up the Vulcano in Iceland, that blew more carbon last summer into the air, then the human race in the past 10 years ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/64 "2010-10-04T13:16:00Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > This was so idiotic, that it made me safe tons of carbon straight away… > > … coming to think about itc come forward, they should have blown up the Vulcano in Iceland, that blew more carbon last summer into the air, then the human race in the past 10 years Piffle. I guess the dumb clip will cause the even more idiotic to come forward with the usual misinformation. > **[Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?](https://skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm)** > > \Volcanoes emit around 0.3 billion tonnes of CO2 per year. This is about 1% of human CO2 emissions which is around 29 billion tonnes per year.\ > [@](#): > > What the science says… > > Humans emit 100 times more CO2 than volcanoes. > > The solid Earth contains a huge quantity of carbon, far more than scientists estimate is present in the atmosphere or oceans. As an important part of the global carbon cycle, some of this carbon is slowly released from the rocks in the form of carbon dioxide, through vents at volcanoes and hot springs. Published reviews of the scientific literature by Moerner and Etiope (2002) and Kerrick (2001) report a minimum-maximum range of emission of 65 to 319 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Counter claims that volcanoes, especially submarine volcanoes, produce vastly greater amounts of CO2 than these estimates are not supported by any papers published by the scientists who study the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/65 "2010-10-04T15:19:25Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > > [@Doughbag](#): > > > > This was so idiotic, that it made me safe tons of carbon straight away… > > > > … coming to think about itc come forward, they should have blown up the Vulcano in Iceland, that blew more carbon last summer into the air, then the human race in the past 10 years > > Piffle. > > I guess the dumb clip will cause the even more idiotic to come forward with the usual misinformation. > > [Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?](http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm) > > > [@](#): > > > > What the science says… > > > > Humans emit 100 times more CO2 than volcanoes. > > > > The solid Earth contains a huge quantity of carbon, far more than scientists estimate is present in the atmosphere or oceans. As an important part of the global carbon cycle, some of this carbon is slowly released from the rocks in the form of carbon dioxide, through vents at volcanoes and hot springs. Published reviews of the scientific literature by Moerner and Etiope (2002) and Kerrick (2001) report a minimum-maximum range of emission of 65 to 319 million tonnes of CO2 per year. Counter claims that volcanoes, especially submarine volcanoes, produce vastly greater amounts of CO2 than these estimates are not supported by any papers published by the scientists who study the subject. …and by quoting my dumbass statement you used even more carbon, so should be push the button on you?..or me for replying to your reply?.. or those google searches you made to give us that link?..or those idiots making that stupid retarded clip used up some of the carbon?..so, let’s push that button on them as well. Why not push the damn button on every human, that does not want to live in the stone ages anymore. Given, that I do not need a 8 miles to the gallon car to do the shopping or pick up the kids from school, but that does not take from the fact, that this video was a complete fuck up and waste of recourses. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/66 "2010-10-04T15:45:23Z")
That video was pointless, stupid, unfunny, threatening and ridiculously gory in the wrong way. So fuck 10:10. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/67 "2010-10-04T16:52:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/68 "2010-10-04T17:00:36Z")
Bravo! XT ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/69 "2010-10-04T18:18:41Z")
And by “sacked” you mean…punched in the junk? Please say you mean that. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/70 "2010-10-04T20:35:53Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > > [@GIGObuster](#): > > > > Piffle. > > > > I guess the dumb clip will cause the even more idiotic to come forward with the usual misinformation. > > > > [Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans?](http://www.skepticalscience.com/volcanoes-and-global-warming.htm) > > …and by quoting my dumbass statement you used even more carbon, so should be push the button on you?..or me for replying to your reply?.. or those google searches you made to give us that link?..or those idiots making that stupid retarded clip used up some of the carbon?..so, let’s push that button on them as well. > > Why not push the damn button on every human, that does not want to live in the stone ages anymore. > > Given, that I do not need a 8 miles to the gallon car to do the shopping or pick up the kids from school, but that does not take from the fact, that this video was a complete fuck up and waste of recourses. That was the basic statement you idiot, you should click on the advanced tab to see the most up to date evidence. But you certified that indeed you are an idiot as you missed that bit from the cite. And if you think that me saying that you are an idiot that that then means that “I want you dead”, you are an even bigger moron. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/71 "2010-10-04T21:18:33Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > _Rainbow Six_ by Tom Clancy LOL … I’m the one who came up with that particular plot twist! I wrote the story for the original videogame which Tom then used as a basis for his novel. (And then I got to rewrite the story for the game to match the novel … since it takes less time to write a novel than make a game.) But the whole “crazy environmentalists plan to kill off most of the population of the world” bit … that was my idea. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/72 "2010-10-04T22:38:39Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > So reasons this [motley crew](http://www.1010global.org/) of hip climate change activists, who produced a video in which [skeptics are violently blown up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDXQsnkuBCM&feature=player_embedded), to cheerful music. They were mildly surprised that anyone would object to a video in which 10 year old schoolchildren are **blown up** for the fatal crime of having the Wrong Opinion. The group published a [sorry excuse](http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure) for an apology (“Oh well, live and learn”) that demonstrates that they learned absolutely nothing about the evil impulse towards purging your political adversaries. The echo-chamber moral certainty on display is horrifying. Schoolchildren are 100% off-limits. A better way to deal with global warming deniers is to ship them off to another planet and let them coal mine themselves into oblivion and get them out of the way so that we on Earth can progress with environmentally-friendly technology. Let them acidify their oceans and turn their world into Venus. Let them purge themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/73 "2010-10-04T22:50:39Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > A better way to deal with global warming deniers is to ship them off to another planet and let them coal mine themselves into oblivion and get them out of the way so that we on Earth can progress with environmentally-friendly technology. > > Let them acidify their oceans and turn their world into Venus. Let them purge themselves. I say we send them to Mars, and let them terraform it for us. Mars could use some more greenhouse gases. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/74 "2010-10-04T22:53:38Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > > [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > > > A better way to deal with global warming deniers is to ship them off to another planet and let them coal mine themselves into oblivion and get them out of the way so that we on Earth can progress with environmentally-friendly technology. > > > > Let them acidify their oceans and turn their world into Venus. Let them purge themselves. > > I say we send them to Mars, and let them terraform it for us. Mars could use some more greenhouse gases. And hot air. Their hot air will warm things up faster than greenhouse gases. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/75 "2010-10-04T22:55:58Z")
> [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > Schoolchildren are 100% off-limits. Of course they’re not; I’d have been perfectly happy with an add that had people old and young saying things like “global warming? Who cares?” into the camera - and then spontaneously bursting into flames. And then maybe a shot of the flames from them spreading and sweeping to consume the earth, followed by the solemn and slightly wry voiceover: “Apathy - what harm could it do, really?” over a panning shot over a room of charred skeletons of kids at desks. Okay, it might not be great art - but I think it would have at least got the correct point across. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Jacquelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/76 "2010-10-04T23:18:12Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > > [@Le\_Jacquelope](#): > > > > Schoolchildren are 100% off-limits. > > Of course they’re not; I’d have been perfectly happy with an add that had people old and young saying things like “global warming? Who cares?” into the camera - and then spontaneously bursting into flames. And then maybe a shot of the flames from them spreading and sweeping to consume the earth, followed by the solemn and slightly wry voiceover: “Apathy - what harm could it do, really?” over a panning shot over a room of charred skeletons of kids at desks. > > Okay, it might not be great art - but I think it would have at least got the correct point across. And global warming does affect kids. The kids of the world will pay for all the environmental destruction our generation is causing. I’m just squeamish about showing kids dying on TV. It pisses people off, like showing pictures of aborted fetuses. But the big picture is, nothing will convince the global warming deniers. These are the same people who used to argue that burning coal doesn’t cause acid rain. They’re the same ones who believe in the “clean burning coal” [myth](http://articles.cnn.com/2008-12-23/us/tennessee.sludge.spill_1_kingston-fossil-plant-sludge-coal-plant?_s=PM:US). Nothing’s going to move them… ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/77 "2010-10-04T23:20:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I made it about a minute in and stopped; too stupid, didn’t watch (ts, dw - I may be using that abbreviation in the future). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/78 "2010-10-06T14:47:04Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > > [@Doughbag](#): > > > > …and by quoting my dumbass statement you used even more carbon, so should be push the button on you?..or me for replying to your reply?.. or those google searches you made to give us that link?..or those idiots making that stupid retarded clip used up some of the carbon?..so, let’s push that button on them as well. > > > > Why not push the damn button on every human, that does not want to live in the stone ages anymore. > > > > Given, that I do not need a 8 miles to the gallon car to do the shopping or pick up the kids from school, but that does not take from the fact, that this video was a complete fuck up and waste of recourses. > > That was the basic statement you idiot, you should click on the advanced tab to see the most up to date evidence. > > But you certified that indeed you are an idiot as you missed that bit from the cite. > > And if you think that me saying that you are an idiot that that then means that “I want you dead”, you are an even bigger moron. Ha! You are funny. Sure am I an idiot and clearly have no problems with my carbon foot print, since I quoted your idiotic post again. However, you are also an idiot, since your cite had no “advanced tab” to click anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/79 "2010-10-06T15:16:27Z")
> [@Doughbag](#): > > > [@GIGObuster](#): > > > > That was the basic statement you idiot, you should click on the advanced tab to see the most up to date evidence. > > > > But you certified that indeed you are an idiot as you missed that bit from the cite. > > > > And if you think that me saying that you are an idiot that that then means that “I want you dead”, you are an even bigger moron. > > Ha! You are funny. Sure am I an idiot and clearly have no problems with my carbon foot print, since I quoted your idiotic post again. > > However, you are also an idiot, since your cite had no “advanced tab” to click anywhere. Yeah, the blind squirrel found a nut. However that shows that I did not find that link by just googling, as it should be clear, you are incapable of finding good sources for your sorry opinion. Incidentally, try the \*\*intermediate \*\*tab, as there is no advanced there like in many of the more than a 100 debunked denier points. Like Morbo could say, Carbon footprints do not that way! goodnight you ignoramus! > **[Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says](https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php)** > > Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science... > **[Sun & climate: moving in opposite directions](https://skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htm)** > > \In the last 35 years of global warming, the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. Sun and climate have been going in opposite directions.\ The bolded part is to point out that there is more references and not just a basic bit of info, the maker of the site was so successful that even scientists are contributing articles and cleaning up his points. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780/80 "2010-10-06T15:30:37Z")
That should be: Carbon footprints do not \*\*work \*\*that way! And that goes for the Google carbon footprint canard: [http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/65794.html?wlc=1286378694](http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/65794.html?wlc=1286378694) > [@](#): > > Google takes exception on its Official Google blog to the statistics quoted in the Times story regarding the energy used to Web search vs. boiling a kettle of water. A speedy search uses less energy, the company claims; about the same amount of energy as the human body uses in about 10 seconds. > > Google has asked to see a copy of the study, and Wissner-Gross says he is more than happy to send them one. > > One of the Times article’s authors had interviewed a Google engineer “whose job is to look at data centers to make sure they’re more energy efficient, and he didn’t really use any of his material,” Yood said. Yep, as usual the mainstream media twist and ignores evidence on the way to nice denier point. But it simplifies finding the simpleminded from the ones that do give a hoot. So don’t pollute. The SDMB with your misleading info. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys-since-were-so-sure-were-right-why-dont-we-violently-slaughter-our-enemies/555780.md?page=5)