The Pros And Cons Of A Zombie Apocalypse

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The idea that people could not survive a zombie apocalypse in the 21st century is preposterous – though not everyone, because for zombies to exist we would have to lose a portion of the population – so thoroughly engrained is the possibility of such an apocalypse in modern culture that I can safely say every thirteen years old already has planned out the first few months of this obviously coming pandemic. I would agree with Hamish Thompson that there are three logical justifications for killing a zombie “a) they are (or are very close to being) brain-dead; b) because of their radically altered life goals, what personality is left lacks the same personal identity as the original individual, releasing us from prior obligations; and c) after

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