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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 27, 2010 11:58:43 GMT -5
The moral implications are pretty obvious in this one. What would you do with a family member, do you try to teach them to eat other forms of life? While it is easy to make a quick judgement now, what would we truly do in that situation?
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Post by The Dead Walk! on Sept 27, 2010 13:25:17 GMT -5
I wouldn't keep them around. As painful as it would be to dispose of them, I think it would be even more painful to see loved ones in that sort of condition... not to mention the danger it potentially causes for me and other living people.
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Post by Flesh Eater on Sept 27, 2010 13:30:17 GMT -5
Well, in Survival, some of the people became intoxicated with the idea of turning them onto animals. It is human desperation at it's best. I love the theme, good stuff.
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Post by UndeadNed on Sept 27, 2010 20:07:10 GMT -5
I'd put them to rest. It wouldn't be easy, but they're no longer themselves and if they still had any sentience I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want to be sustained in such a manner. Like Tony pointed out they're also a hazard to other people while they're still walking around.
Furthermore I don't see what benefit they would serve to keep them alive. They seem like they'd make pretty shitty manual labour due to their lack of coordination and ability to follow what would be deemed complex orders. They'd make useless soldiers since their main strategy is to just shamble slowly towards the enemy and they have no natural weapons (apart from teeth and fingernails). The only reason to keep them alive seems to be in matters of sentimentality
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Post by Flyboy on Sept 29, 2010 9:42:19 GMT -5
A bullet in the head, as shitty as it'd be. Better than having them walking around.
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Post by UndeadNed on Jul 2, 2011 21:20:08 GMT -5
Another reason I recall for keeping the zeds alive in this one was for when and if they turn back or get cured. This theme also played out in The Walking Dead graphic novels.
To cure them would be to kill them. Your talking about something that is helping to keep a re-animated body alive whether it be a toxin, biological organism or supernatural phenomenon. Whatever it is, its keeping the re-animated body alive in some kind of low powered state where it doesn't need all the major organs to remain alive. Hell they don't even need oxygen or a circulatory system. So to cure whatever affliction is making them zombified will eliminate the one thing that has been keeping them re-animated.
Furthermore as far as medical science has come they can't reverse the effects of death. Most of the zeds you see walking around are decayed, badly emaciated or even sporting severe mortal injuries. There's no way they could just heal the internal organs after they've been shut down and damaged for so long. Its like with Organ transplants. They don't just stick those badboys in the freezer for a few months no they rush them towards the hospital as fast they can so they can stick it in someone before it becomes useless. Also I believe Dr Logan remarked how brain damaged or something all zombies are. So even if you could magically cure them then repair all the organs and flesh you can't undo all the damage and decay done to the brain. All those memories and years of knowledge have been wiped out. The former zombies would forever be brain damaged simpletons operating on motorized instinct. Bub and Big Daddy may be able to grasp the concept of tools and weapons but they'd never advance beyond an caveman level of intellect.
Just another reason to eliminate any zombified loved ones, because even if they did get cured they'd be nothing like they were before.
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Post by omer135 on Jul 3, 2011 10:54:44 GMT -5
I would kill them for sure. They are too dangerous to keep .
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Post by The Dead Walk! on Jul 3, 2011 14:56:39 GMT -5
Another reason I recall for keeping the zeds alive in this one was for when and if they turn back or get cured. This theme also played out in The Walking Dead graphic novels. To cure them would be to kill them. Your talking about something that is helping to keep a re-animated body alive whether it be a toxin, biological organism or supernatural phenomenon. Whatever it is, its keeping the re-animated body alive in some kind of low powered state where it doesn't need all the major organs to remain alive. Hell they don't even need oxygen or a circulatory system. So to cure whatever affliction is making them zombified will eliminate the one thing that has been keeping them re-animated. Furthermore as far as medical science has come they can't reverse the effects of death. Most of the zeds you see walking around are decayed, badly emaciated or even sporting severe mortal injuries. There's no way they could just heal the internal organs after they've been shut down and damaged for so long. Its like with Organ transplants. They don't just stick those badboys in the freezer for a few months no they rush them towards the hospital as fast they can so they can stick it in someone before it becomes useless. Also I believe Dr Logan remarked how brain damaged or something all zombies are. So even if you could magically cure them then repair all the organs and flesh you can't undo all the damage and decay done to the brain. All those memories and years of knowledge have been wiped out. The former zombies would forever be brain damaged simpletons operating on motorized instinct. Bub and Big Daddy may be able to grasp the concept of tools and weapons but they'd never advance beyond an caveman level of intellect. Just another reason to eliminate any zombified loved ones, because even if they did get cured they'd be nothing like they were before. I agree with all of this. There would be no way to make them "human" again, especially with all the brain damage and damage to all the other vital organs. |
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Post by Flesh Eater on Jul 15, 2011 7:18:09 GMT -5
Would there be a difference between us and the zeds if they turn to an animal only diet? Perhaps they are a mirror reflection of us, in our most animalistic state.
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