A 'Pretty Edgy' Climate Campaign - NYTimes.com

Blood spatter aside, “No Pressure” proves, beyond a doubt, that we really are living in the age of stupid.

I’d like to see the group’s sponsors, including Sony, figure out an upside to this effort. They should either state why they continue to provide support or pull out.

I’ve rounded up some other reactions (including a defense) from a few folks involved in film and/or environmental communication work or analysis. You can read them below.

Personally, I’ve got to agree with a critique offered by a YouTube account holder who was one of many who took up the 10:10 invitation to download and repost the video — in this case with the environmental group’s “apology” superimposed on the imagery:

If the same kind of video had been made about blowing up atheists, agnostics, christians, jews, muslims, whites, blacks, asians, homosexuals, left-wingers or right-wingers, it would have been met with understandable disgust; this video is a shameful display of DOUBLE STANDARDS.