Difficult Ethical Question...What Would You Do?
 

Let's pretend for a moment, that there was a zombie outbreak......Your child/parent/sibling/lover has been bitten and infected, yet they are not dead...You KNOW they will turn...You KNOW they will have to be killed (and so do they, so they have BEGGED you not to allow them to become one of the walking dead)...Could YOU kill them?...Would you stop everyone else from killing them?...Or would you just let them turn and eat you because you just couldn't see them killed?

Well, I would want to avoid the question, like a lot of people, I think. But I would say,

"Look, folks, we should tie 'em up or something, or glue their hands to the floor with Duco cement, or something, so when they turn into a zombie, as horrible as it is to think about, we can take a moment and just try to relax, have a breather, and deal with this in a non-stressful way. Meaning, let's not have this discussion while dealing with a flesh-eating ravenous ghoul thing that's trying to kill us. Thank you."

Well, personally...If it were MY kids...I'd just let 'em kill me...I wouldn't wanna live without 'em anyway...

do i get to pick a weapon?

If you can't live without them, then kill the little shits and then shoot yourself, its better then letting them become zombies... Thats what I'd do.

Don't know what I'd do if I had kids, but anyone else I'd rather have SOMEONE else kill them before they became a heartless, mindless, piece of shit like that. I couldn't do it.....I'd rather have a dead relative than an undead one. Even if I would let em turn, it wouldn't be "them" in there anyways.

That's pretty much what my daughter said...She'd kill them, and then kill herself...

I'm with Marroe, if it was one of my family members I'd have someone else kill them.

Although if worse came to worse and the family member turned, then attacked me... yeah, I'd probably put em' down. I don't wanna die.

Id do as they asked. If they wanted to be killed before they turned, so be it. It'd be hard, but Id shoot 'em square between the eyes of thats what they wanted.

i'd let them turn then kill them.

i couldnt kill them while they are alive - they'll turn anyway once they die ...so you'd have to kill them twice

Not if you shoot them in the head while they're alive...Then they don't come back...

i would just lock them up in a room so they couldn't be devoured and i would run away

you probably know how i feel about discussing 'rules' for these kinds of things but i had to ask ...

i though when the zombies rose - a la night/dawn/day of the dead ... all the dead came back to life ... regardless of how they died ?

even old half skeletons where the brain was obviously damaged by decay .. ?

i thought everyone that died came back and then the brain had to be destroyed.


i cant believe i'm asking this :rolleyes:

Way too deep for me. I got four kids and couldn't even contemplate the question.

If they were going to die, and turn...I'd sit with them a while, comfort them. I'd say whatever they needed to hear, as they slowly bled, most likely becoming a little delerious, I'd keep talking, and mid sentence, I'd shoot them through the back of the head.
At least offer them a quick death, doesn't matter if they'd get up or not...I'd just put them out of their misery.
I'd also burn the body.
It's not about ethics really...in a situation like that, you'd HAVE to adopt a certain logic, in order to survive, and keep those REMAINING around you alive. Just like in a war I suppose, to keep yourself a step ahead, it might cost you a lil' bit of your soul.

Okay...Remember Day Of The Dead...Where a zombie got loose from the holding pin cuz the lame, wimpy dude couldn't hold it and the collar broke?...Then the other guy got bit and told the big guy to kill him so that he wouldn't become a zombie...So, the big guy shot him in the head and he didn't come back....That's just ONE example...There have been others, where people were bit, KNEW they would turn, and asked someone to shoot them in the head OR they just shot themselves in the head, so they wouldn't become a zombie...Think about it...

Somebody help me out here...

Let me answer this question a little differently. Can't handle the kid scenario.I couldn't even watch "Pet Sematary" when it first came out because my first born son was about the same age as the kid.
Perhaps if it was one of my best friends or maybe even my brother, I would let them turn first, then i would shoot them. Or at least beat them about the head with a blunt object.

Just face it...If it was your kids, you couldn't do it...You would die, and so would I...

ok....sorry



but we could live happily ever after after in zombie hell:D

But...We would love it...So, wouldn't that make it OUR Heaven? ;) ......Pergutory Paradise...heh

Good point.......Heaven it is.

I'd sit with 'em and comfort them as much as possible wait for them to die then back up a few yards,aim and do what I have to do.

after they came back ... green and dead ? i could do it.

you're right it's just a shell, the person is gone.

Would you tell them about the rabbits again?








I'd remind them that zombies aren't real, and take them to the hospital to get their shots

We are PRETENDING...Where's your imagination?...Spoilsport :p

Wait till they turned... then waste them.

Re: Difficult Ethical Question...What Would You Do?
 

1.absolutely(i'd wait until the second they turned)

2.yes,i take care of my own.


....is there something the rest of us should know?

If i Knew they were going to change.. I might do it right then and there. Otherwise, before they die and become one, they have to suffer horribly. Why let them sit around, damn near comatose and in constant pain for a day or two because you are afraid of guilt?

It's much much more kind.

I would hate myself for it, but i would definately feel better that their suffering was only moderate and temporary.

Letting them die slowly and then "killing" the zombie is selfish, it's like keeping someone who wont ever get better, and is in horrible pain, languish on life support because you cant bring yourself to end their pain. better they suffer than you.... I dont accept that. I think it is cruel.

i promise Vod .. i'd shoot you if it even looked like you had indigestion :D


seriously - i dont think too many people could kill their own children while they were dying ..i couldnt - unless they were screaming in pain and agony ...

once they were gone and came back .. no problemo


i think i need a happier topic now.

If a twinkie were dying in agony, would you eat it?

:) better?

no..

i'd never eat a twinkie .... thoise things are gross !

true story : a gf of mine - her brother had a yacht - it was in storage for 5 years and when they retreived it they found a box of twinkies in it .. as fresh as the day they bought them ...


they could use these things to preserve mummies ...

I actually never had particularly grand memories of twinkies from being a kid, i always preferred anything chocolate, the blueberry and apple pies, and Snowballs ( i love hostess snowballs.. I know that sounds just a tad gay..)

But a few months ago, we bought me a box of twinkies to keep in my desk for a snak at work. I figured that since they werent my favorite by any means, they would last.

I ate 2 dozen of them in under a week. I developed a severe twinky addiction, so i havent touched the things since.

Yes, you see, Twinkies are a thing of almost supernatural power, and therefore a perfect food for horror film fans. They contain so much sugar that microorganisms basically can't live in them. The Ancient Fresh Twinkie is the urban myth that is actually true.

the only crap like that i liked were those 'flakey's
the pastry with the cream and strawberry stuff inside.


havent had one in years.


eating that crap reminds me when i was a kid working in places where you ate off of catering trucks.

everything was non perishable hyper preserved junk in plastic wrap.

I hate twinkies.

If I got bit, I'd shoot myself. I've often wondered about other people, though. This is in part due to my love for zombie filmology.

I'd have to think about it.

Oh, and STE, nice reference to, "Of Mice and Men.":D

Not to mention...it's never really been thoroughly explored as to how much "memory" a zombie is supposed to actually retain...I mean, for all we know, it could be like viewing the murders of their loved ones from inside, not being able to stop it - that there would be like putting them through a living hell too.
For these reasons, and for the reason of potentially having an emotion related fuckup whilst under attack, I'd get it done quickly, and efficiently, as much as it wrecked me to do it and make me feel like a fucking murderous asshole, I'd comfort them, and tell them everything was going to be allright, and have them at rest, right before I perforated their brain.

isat even human:confused:

the title is misleading

anyway. i would kill them.

Nevermind....I send them to visit my step mom. Let her deal with them lol