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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
If you want to blow his mind, use zombies to open up a philosophical conversation...is a zombie a "person"
It is an argument between the schools of thought that describe a person as either a res cogitas (a thinking thing) or a res corporealis (a bodily thing)
To those who believe that a person is an intellect trapped within a body, the zombie is not a person, as thinking has essentially stopped within the body.
To those who believe a person is the flesh and flesh only, there is no distinction between the person before and after zombification, as the body is still present and animated.
Or you can remind him that extreme alienation marked by a pre-existing social disorder combined with a lack of approval and acceptance from peers and parents is what makes kids "go Columbine"... so he should be a little more supportive and understanding.
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My boyfriend is in psychology so I explained to my dad that it's people who shoot people, not mosters and movies... but in better, more psychology terms.
I'm trying to convince him to watch Night of the Living Dead with me. Give him all the social commentary and background on the time so he knows that horror movies often mimic the politics of the time. Horror is actually such a good outlet for that sort of thing and I wish more people saw it as such.