Shot in the head - efficient but not necesarilly necesary
I'm bringing a new aspect into discussion. Sure, a shot in the head is a very efficient and cool way to eliminate a zombie, but is it really necesary? Is it really politicaly correct? I'm thinking of other alternatives to remove the threat of zombies. As one may observe in the picture below (I apologize for that, I'm not the best drawer), wich represents a zombie's bone structure if one was not clear about that, there is a certain number of weak points.
Moving is a mechanics related thing. Remove one "wheel" and the whole structure falls apart. And now let us bring the picture into discussion again.
[IMG]http://g.imagehost.org/0118/Weak_spots.jpg[/IMG]
A - the skull
Protector of Allmighty Brain.
Kill the brain, kill the zombie.
B - the jaw, or how I like to call it, the mandibulae
Used for biting.
It can be disabeled with a powerfull kick, even with a punch sometimes. Disable the biting mechanism and the zombie will not be able to bite you, wouldn't he (or wouldn't it, I'm not sure wich pronoun is more acurate in this particular situation)? Ofcourse, there's allways the danger of the zombie drooling on you and you can get infected, so beware of that.
C - the spine
Hold the hole thing together.
Brake one vertebrae and the zombie won't be able to move vary fast or even not at all. It is is recomended, though not vary valliant, to aply the vertebrae kick when the zombie is not looking.
D - that bone I don't know what it's called
Holds the spine and the legs together.
Brake it and the zombie won't be able to use its/his/hers spine nor its/his/hers legs. It's hard though to aply a perfect bone crushing kick so i wouldn't recomend this to begginers.
E - that bone on the leg, the big one
I actually don't really know what that bone does.
Aply a powerfull kick and it will break. The zombie will still be able to move but it will do it in a very slow and funny way, giveing you time to flee or to aply another deadly kick.
F - the rotulae
Keeps the big bone and the little leg bones together.
You can disable it even with your own foot, just kick it hard enough. It won't kill the zombie but it will make it/him/her slower.
G - the leg's little bones or what they are called
Tricky bones, their function being somehow related to walking.
These bones are cheecky bastards, you have to break both of them to make a zombie stop walking. I don't recomend this at all, I allways avoid this kind of kicks becouse there are a lot of things that can go wrong and we don't want things to go wrong, do we?
So remember, it's all mechanics.
Moving is a mechanics related thing. Remove one "wheel" and the whole structure falls apart. And now let us bring the picture into discussion again.
[IMG]http://g.imagehost.org/0118/Weak_spots.jpg[/IMG]
A - the skull
Protector of Allmighty Brain.
Kill the brain, kill the zombie.
B - the jaw, or how I like to call it, the mandibulae
Used for biting.
It can be disabeled with a powerfull kick, even with a punch sometimes. Disable the biting mechanism and the zombie will not be able to bite you, wouldn't he (or wouldn't it, I'm not sure wich pronoun is more acurate in this particular situation)? Ofcourse, there's allways the danger of the zombie drooling on you and you can get infected, so beware of that.
C - the spine
Hold the hole thing together.
Brake one vertebrae and the zombie won't be able to move vary fast or even not at all. It is is recomended, though not vary valliant, to aply the vertebrae kick when the zombie is not looking.
D - that bone I don't know what it's called
Holds the spine and the legs together.
Brake it and the zombie won't be able to use its/his/hers spine nor its/his/hers legs. It's hard though to aply a perfect bone crushing kick so i wouldn't recomend this to begginers.
E - that bone on the leg, the big one
I actually don't really know what that bone does.
Aply a powerfull kick and it will break. The zombie will still be able to move but it will do it in a very slow and funny way, giveing you time to flee or to aply another deadly kick.
F - the rotulae
Keeps the big bone and the little leg bones together.
You can disable it even with your own foot, just kick it hard enough. It won't kill the zombie but it will make it/him/her slower.
G - the leg's little bones or what they are called
Tricky bones, their function being somehow related to walking.
These bones are cheecky bastards, you have to break both of them to make a zombie stop walking. I don't recomend this at all, I allways avoid this kind of kicks becouse there are a lot of things that can go wrong and we don't want things to go wrong, do we?
So remember, it's all mechanics.
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Permalink Reply by Heath on -
The brain is the safest to shoot. Anything else you can risk possible infection because the zombie may still be alive. I imagine shooting the heart could be effective. But still to risky.
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Permalink Reply by JB on -
A-Blunt impact can cause damage to the brain
B-You'd have to completely destroy the mandible and maxilary bones. Any saliva combined with a sharp object can cause the infection
C-The theory of breaking a vertebrae is not correct. People are walking around everyday with fractured vertebrae, slipped disks and what not, unless you sever the spinal cord at the neck, there's still a chance they could continue forward.
D-What your refering to is the Pelvis, or more specifically, the Innaminate bones, connected to the sacrum. Again, by breaking these bones, it just means they move slower. You can still walk with a broken pelvis.
E-The Femur-This bone is the strongest bone in the body, and most people would be hard pressed to find the strength to actually break this bone. Most times it takes a severe car accident to do the job.
F-Your probably refering to the Knee joint. It isn't a bone, rather a series of tendons and ligaments. So, while you can't exactly break the knee joint, you can dislocate it. But at the same time, it can be relocated. This might actually be difficult for the Zombie who can't think...
G-Really? The tibia and fibula don't work for each other, the fibula works for the tibia. The fibula is a support bone...Thus if you manage to break the tibia enough to move it from it's standard position, the fibula is soon to break as well.
The anatomy of a zombie is exactly that of a human, the only difference is that they feel no pain, and that is what drives humans to stop walking on a broken bone, or with a fractured vertebrae. The common understanding of the human anatomy is required when talking about your ability to kick zombies. The whole idea is to stay as far away as possible. I'd leave you to your extreme ninja skills, I'll be waiting on the roof ready to shoot you in the head when you turn...I may be a little blunt, but I'm still sympathetic....
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Permalink Reply by J,M. on -
RE Tibia and Fibia... I actually know an individual who is missing about half his Tibia and can still walk around just fine, no assistance at all... the X-Rays are crazy, lol
so meh, it may or may not work... damaging those bones
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Permalink Reply by J,M. on
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I beleive you all are missing the point...er most of you are anyhow
It is important to know how to at least disable them... killing is the goal...but, if you need to get away quickly and are woefully outnumbered, then the vital thing is to just get 'em off your back until it is advantageous to you to deal with them permanently.
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Permalink Reply by Steve 'Stevil' Moore on -
Nope not missing the point. Re-read the first paragragh of the discussion. It's about alturnative elimination.
If your woefully out numbered, freakin' run. If you can't shoot them all you surely can't break all their legs.
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Permalink Reply by axl on -
The bottom line is that we have to work together. Doesn't matter if one likes to shoot for the head and the other one likes to tear limbs apart. What really matters is that we talk about it, working out solutions, debating and advising eachother for the profit of all of us.
About Steves's last discussion, about "alternative elimination", that must be my fault guys, I managed to mix 2 of my ideas together, the one about breaking bones and another thing I'm working at, "Zombie Rights and Legal Issues". Sorry about that, there are 2 completly different things.
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Permalink Reply by Steve 'Stevil' Moore on
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(Zombie Rights)
Axl in the US they would no longer be Zombies but Undead Americans. Protected under the Fourteenth Amendment. (Equal protection under the law)
They may also be covered under the "Americans with Disabilities Act". Because of their mental and mobility issues.
Therefore just like we have to have ramps for people in wheel chairs. All public buildings would have to be easily acessable to the Undead Community.
Dispatching an 'Undead American' would probably be considered a hate crime and carry a stiffer penalty than if you had killed a "Living American."
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Permalink Reply by axl on
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That's close to what I had in mind for that subject. I have no idea if USA had an national emergency plan for this but sure as hell my goverment didn't. I mean, do zombies even legally exist? Is there a law against them, that gives you the right to fight back? I'm not talking about self-defence, I'm talking about running a snow-plow through a horde of zombies just to get safelly from A to B.
Is there a legal form to recognize a zombie? Is there a legal form that says exactly what they are doing or are these situations considered as spontaneus riots, acts of mass killing, etc.?
I know we have an historical precedent, at about 1700, when, I quote, "The law does not suppose any such person to exist as an Irish roman catolic", and this was happening in England. I truly belive we need another universal law like that, regarding zombies.
And another thing's been bugging me. It's a war out there, isn't it? But do rules of war apply? Is it a REAL war, according to the political definition of a war? I mean, come on, we're not takeing any prisoners and sure as hell they don't. The only related POW situation seems to be the capture of some zeds for studying purposes and belive me, the ones that caught them wiped their arses with the Geneva Convention as sure they should.
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Permalink Reply by Steve 'Stevil' Moore on
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Hmmm... deep subject.
Would Zombies, because of their country of Origin, be covered under the Geneva Convention?
Would Americans be willing to fight them even through none of them have been found carrying weapons of mass destruction?,
Zombie lore seem to be a interesting metaphor for the human condition.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Zed on -
Hey, I re-did your image for you. I can't stand the look of a bad creation in Paint.
This is my response.
I think that hitting vital organs would kill a zombie as easily as it would kill a regular human. Nothing's changed, they're all still working, and zombie or not, if they stop working, the human body won't be able to function.
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