Oh, Kentucky

[grinninfoole]

Spotted in sydneycat's LJ: http://www.wlextv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614

A high school student in Kentucky was arrested on terrorism charges for a story about zombies overrunning a high school.




Admittedly, if al Qaeda does manage to deploy zombie terrorists, we are so fucked.

Comments

[jarethsgrrl.livejournal.com]

On one hand yes, we'd be fucked if zombies started roaming the earth. On the other hand if the movies hold true, we all pretty much know how to kill them and should be able to hold our own for awhile. George Romero's fourth "Dead" movie actually depicts a world overrun by zombies where the only living survivors are within the walls of a fortified city. They send out a strike team to kill as many of the zombies as possible. This would probably be the outcome of zombies used in a terrorist plot.

Quick side note, a friend of my family is a playwright and a teacher who wrote a play called "Pom-pom Zombies". The play is basically about zombies taking over a school and hilarity ensues. It's been performed all over the country. I guess a teacher writing something like that is ok, but a teen writing about it is terrorism.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

Well, duh. That's because teachers are people, and students are vermin. :)

If you like zombie stories, you should check out the Image comics book, Walking Dead. Yeah, the world is overrun by zombies, but the real problem is the remaining people dealing with their shit. I hate zombie stories, and I like this book.

And the main reason we'd be fucked if honest-to-god terrorists started got their hands on zombies--the only thing worse than a suicide bomber is a reusable suicide bomber.

[jarethsgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look at it, it sounds good. I never even thought about the reusable factor. Although that comment did make my day and I'll probably be snickering about it throughout all of my rehearsals today. Thank you.

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

a reusable suicide bomber

Some assembly required.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

Well, if you can train them, you can get them to pick up their own bits and bring them back to base afterwards.

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Beginning to sound a lot like PTerry.

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

Who?

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Pterry = Terry Pratchett, author of the Diskworld series. He has a zombie character, Reg Shoe, who is always losing bits. "He cut off my arm, so I picked him up and hit him with it, and he ran away"

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

I am quite familiar with Mr. Pratchett's work. I have even met him. I have never seen him referred to as Pterry before.

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

It may be more a lspace/Brit thing, although a number of people here on the West Coast also use it. Example

http://www.ie.lspace.org/fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/is-pterry-going-downhill.html