Fight or Flight

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on April 23, 2013 at 6:08pm

nice one. if i found i was in a zombie situation. i would take the route that would keep me off the main city streets like back streets and alleys. most zombies will be where the food is. that will be easy to figure out, just listen for the screams. as a result. any zombies i encounter will be far and few between. so if i came across a zombie cop. i could take the goodies easy with a good melee weapon (i use a cane in my day to day life so i always have a melee weapon). if not. then stay to the back streets and alleys to avoid my predators so as not to get a large group or hoard. so by taking the back streets and alleys. i would say avoid at all cost unless the need arises to confront one. since very few will have a ccw permit and some live where they cant get one. to try and do a "Tallahassee" and go whole hulk on every zombie i saw would be just plain suicide. EVADE, ADVANCE, and ESCAPE would be the plan until i got home. then all bets are OFF!

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Permalink Reply by R.J. Spears on April 25, 2013 at 1:09pm

I'm with KOMRAD RHINO.  I'd stay on the periphery of populations centers and find ways to scrounge weapons, supplies, and food.  

I know live in a fairly large city and while I would hate to leave my home, I'd definitely get out of town.  

As far as the lone zombie cop, I'd definitely consider taking it out for its resources.  It would also be a weighing of risk vs. reward.  A lone zombie with no other zombies around and I'm confident with my weapon, then I'm taking it out.  

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Permalink Reply by Jessie W. Garrett III on April 25, 2013 at 3:59pm

   I'm not sure how I would re-act. I know all I'll be worried about is getting to my family. Now I will say this, if it came to be that I was able to come across a zombified cop, i would have to take the chance and take the cop out and take his gear. But my main worry will be getting to my wife and kids. 

   The bad thing about my situation is my wife can barely walk even with her snap-on tool leg...(L) But even trying to get her and the kids to the car and to get out of town will be a lot of effort. But if we have to walk, I'll be fighting from the start. I have to many people depending on me to keep them alive when the Z-poc begins, so I'll be fighting from the start. With my wife, my brother and my nephew all being handicapped in some way, shape or form, I'll be fighting from the first till the last. I'll be their first and only defense against this shit. Plus not being able to get their medicines during and after zombies, I'll probably be burying three important people in my life...So if I fail, I'm letting my wife, 2 sons, brother, nephew and other family members down...

   So avoiding the zombies won't make much of a difference in my situation. I'll have to fight and keep fighting....

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Permalink Reply by KOMRAD RHINO☭ on April 26, 2013 at 3:10am

i myself am a disabled man and use a cane to walk. my mother can barely walk and has to use a motorized wheelchair. so i can sympathize with you there. usually i am in the city alone running errands. so my fight would be to get home ASAP. when it comes to staying on the road afterward. i doubt i would do that unless it was just me and my wife who can move way better then even me. lol. and being i live in the country. holding up in the house would be a viable option for a while. if something were to happen that mom was no longer with me. then getting out of dodge and hitting the road will be more of an option then. but i can really sympathize with you on your situation there buddy.

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Permalink Reply by MALICE☭ on April 25, 2013 at 10:05pm

This is always a heavy debate within the zombie community. When is it necessary to stay and fight and when is it necessary to flee the scene? No matter who you ask, you'll always get a different answer depending on the mindset of the individual.The thing about the zombie apocalypse is, you won't constantly be in battle and you won't be required to be constantly in battle. So you will have the option of fight or flight. You will never be called a coward for fleeing the scene. Nobody's asking you to be a hero; just do your best without getting bit.

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