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THE Mutant Zombie Hordes Thread pt 2 (merged)
Re: Will starving masses roam or stay put?
by wisconsin_cur » Thu 19 Jun 2008, 08:36:50
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'a')d hominen snippage
Nice.
re: content...
You want to believe the zombies will rule rural america... Great. I suppose it makes a nice fantasy; but in general, the terrain and elements will kill most, any that are violently inclined will be mopped up easily enough as they do stupid things that get them shot.
I suppose its possible you live in a very peaceful and placid region.... I dunno. Hope it stays that way for you.
Of course I said no such thing,
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', 'Y')ou talk pretty tough. Exactly how many people get shot by these "rural people" who like to shoot other people for fun? Funny thing is I've never shot anyone for fun and I have lived in some areas with low population density. No one I went to school with shot anyone for fun. I kid that rode the bus with me as a kid is in prison for murder. That wasn't fun though, that was a drug deal gone bad.
My law enforcement got kinda excited when someone was murdered... it only happened about once every 50-75 years. The highlight of a career one might say.
The thing is, you can hold your position and make a good argument for it for some of the reasons you mentioned. You can even say that rural people will defend their homesteads and kill a lot of "zombies." But we're not that "stocked up with ammo and supplies." Maybe you are, but don't try to be a spokesperson for "rural America."
There are no supermen, not in rural america, not in urban america, not the zombies not those engaging in a paramilitary fantasies. Most in rural areas are not engaging in paramilitary fantasies. We are all "fertilizer" eventually and while we can all alter our odds at going down in a fast crash, there is no guarentee.
Of course if you want to go around with all of that bravado be my guest.
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Re: Will starving masses roam or stay put?
by wisconsin_cur » Thu 19 Jun 2008, 08:45:53
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('truecougarblue', 'P')retorian, I totally disagree with this, especially the 1 in 5000 odds.
If I know some group or individual is coming, (and I do know because my dog is barking at them) then unless they have special training the odds are most definitely in MY favor, even if I do nothing until I hear glass breaking or a door being kicked in. When that happens even in today's world, (and not the post apocalyptic fantasy being discussed) one is entirely within one's right to take the intruder out.
I would say the odds of 3 of them taking me and my wife down in our own home are about the same as the odds that they are all armed with shotguns.
If I know some group or individual is coming, (and I do know because my dog is barking at them) then unless they have special training the odds are most definitely in MY favor, even if I do nothing until I hear glass breaking or a door being kicked in. When that happens even in today's world, (and not the post apocalyptic fantasy being discussed) one is entirely within one's right to take the intruder out.
I would say the odds of 3 of them taking me and my wife down in our own home are about the same as the odds that they are all armed with shotguns.
Without agreeing with the previous posts "odds."
A group of coyotes is capable of taking out a dog by leading it into a trap, are homo sapeins smart enough. So one night I lure your dog away and eat it for dinner.
The next night I (using the cover of darkness to break out half of your windows... then I wait a couple of weeks and come back and take out the others etc etc...
better yet I just sit under some cover at 200 yards with a nice new looted scope and...
Paramilitary fantasies rest on the idea that the individual defending themselves against "sheeple" or "zombies," one must make their enemy stupid or slow in order to play out a mental scenerio where it all comes out ok, the paramilitary is successful and the land is littered with the bodies of the hoards. It is as much a delusion as the cornicopian vision of a limitless future. Only in this case it is the armed male who is exaulted instead of the newest tech and it is the "zombies" who are minimized instead of overpopulation, energy consumption, jeavon's paradox etc...
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..) could be described by anyone as paramilitary... drunks, nuts, or just plain off, certainly true enough.
