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This song has been in my head all day. I figured someone might enjoy.
"Lunatic Fringe" is a song by the Canadian rock band Red Rider from their 1981 album, As Far as Siam. Guitarist Tom Cochrane wrote the song after becoming concerned about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was also inspired after reading a book about Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued Jews from The Holocaust during World War II.[1]
Originally posted by deadeyedick
reply to post by Ben81
So what do you think about this warning from homeland security?
Are they using levity to get a massage of being ready for anything as another member suggested or are they expecting zombies?
Originally posted by deadeyedick
It seems that the government just can't overuse this threat. It does get old to me. I can't see the need to keep cramming this thought into peoples heads unless it is a real threat. Do they really think that using some event like this will cause us to prepare for the worst and that will save us from other events like eq's or hurricanes. Just more fear for the masses. imo However i got prepared and ready for zombies or disasters when the cdc first used this same tactic last year.
What say you ats?
Originally posted by TheOneElectric
reply to post by syrinx high priest
You're not thinking critically, which means you would die in a zombie scenario in week 1 or 2. Don't worry, most would, exacerbating the epidemic to unholy proportions.
See, the thing about Zombie prep is not the zombies. It's the survival aspects. One must prep food, resources for first aid, resources for wilderness survival, and resources for community establishment and cohesion. One needs to have emergency MRE's, flashlights, water, water purification resources, and contingency kits ready at a moment's notice. Plans for evacuation, beyond main highways, must be mapped out. Plans for meeting spots for families, shelters for the displaced, and efforts to rebuild are a necessity.
The zombies are always a #2 threat. DoHS looks like it's giving too many people the benefit of the doubt in the way of critical thought.
In case of a real Zombie threat: That gun is going to get you killed. Shoot a zombie...more come. You set off a moaning domino effect, and they begin to horde. "Oh cool, I shot 13 zombies." Now 40 more are honed in on your location and a moaning effect begins to attract loose groups of the walking dead to your location from miles out. All that ammunition and bravado would be your end.
If you want to be the big man on the block, use melee weapons...and sparingly so.
Survival #1
Zombie Threat #2
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Zombie engagement #9000001
If survival and emergency planning is #1 then it perfectly parallels hurricane and natural disaster preparedness. How DARE the DoHS use levity in discussing such a thing.
I LOVE that song DEADEYEDICK.. love it... =)
Originally posted by deadeyedick
This song has been in my head all day.
I figured someone might enjoy.