Wednesday, June 20, 2007

How would Gandhi deal with zombies?

How would Gandhi deal with zombies?

I've been wondering this for a while. He is both warrior and pacifist(going by the strict definitions of both).

If a warrior were dealing with zombies, he'd slaughter them. The act of zombies killing humans would obviously be an evil act, especially since the zombies killing is not a justified cause. Therefore killing the zombies would be justified. But the dilemma here is the fact that zombies are killing for food like a wolf would kill a rabbit. So is this situation really justified?

On the otherhand, pacifists would avoid the situation altogether. They avoid the notion of killing any other human no matter the case. But the problem here is the definition of what is human. Would zombies be considered human? Would destroying them really be killing them since they are supposed to be dead technically.

So Gandhi, carrying both motifs in his beliefs, what would he do in this sort of situation. Looking at his past protests, one thing he could do would be to fast until the zombies stopped their misdoings. Gandhi only used this technique of fasting because he knew it would be an affective way to stop the violence, and since it would not be affective with zombies, fasting wouldn't be the way to go about this situation. But Gandhi is also known to be stubborn, so maybe he would fast until the zombies stopped.

I haven't done enough research to think of any other ways he'd protest. Any suggestions?