Rights of the Undead
Zombie Rights
So something occured to me in reference to this Schiavo fiasco; if one is going to define "life" in a divinely recognized sense as merely breathing, then that would certainly include zombies1.
Now this sounds silly, but I think it has serious implications. And before I go on I will note that not all religious persons believe the unliving corpse of Schiavo should be continually fed, and not all religious persons have in the past believed in zombies. But in times past the religious community overwhelmingly allowed for the existence of zombies and the like (and certain official bodies officially speculate on exorcisms for example). Now at the very least, the belief in zombies was so widespread that if it was against religious doctrine to terminate them, it without a doubt would have been noted. Thus I think there is really compelling reason to believe that most religious doctrine up until extremely recently would have held that the Schiavo body is not alive, we have no obligation to maintain its existence, and in fact it may well be an abomination which should have a stake placed through its heart.
And for that matter, how is Schiavo different from a zombie? I mean, presumably she doesn't want to eat our brains and her bite won't infect the living with her condition, but I think otherwise she is arguably undead at this point. And as previously noted I'm not an adherent of religion in the traditional sense, but if I was all up in arms about the sanctity of our souls, I would say the continued support of the Schiavo corpse is more an insult and abomination to the sanctity of our souls than the contrary. After all, it holds that our souls ARE inextricably linked to our body rather than that they are something separate. I really think the religious people who are for zombie rights in this case have seriously got their theology in a mix up.
See Also: Yasser Arafat Declared Undead - Arafat, now fighting for the rights of the "un-alive" may well have some things to say about the Schiavo case.
Comic on this Subject - that actually inspired me to these thoughts.
1Do zombies breath?! Even if they don't, their muscles clearly function in other similar ways to achieve locomotion and biting.
Hot or Not, Statue Addition
Once again contention has has been broached in Daviswiki as to whether or not what is currently referred to as The Ugliest Statue [in Davis] is in fact ugly. As usual, we here at Emosnail are eager to resolve this through polling. In fact, renowned naysayer Saul Sugarman also maintains that "those who have not visited Davis or the Davis Wiki have not been able to vouch for themselves on whether or not they like the statue" and therefore we shouldn't prejudice them. As such its of particular note that those readers who have not seen the statue for themselves take a quick gander at it and then weigh in.
The numbers shall be defined as more or less: 1 it is divine; 2-3 its beautiful; 4 it is pleasant; 5 average; 6 rather unattractive; 7 it is quite ugly; 8-9 it is probably the most ugly statue in Davis; 10 it is possibly one of the ugliest statues I have ever seen. This is discounting the gaudy neon peice of archetecture in Drew Circle (nothing to link to? )= )
Poll Ugliness Rating
Picture of the Day
I took this about two weeks ago when I went for a long walk. Its a hallway in what appears to be an abandoned fire station next to the UC Davis Airport.
Previously on Emosnail
Two Years Ago Today: Not Skanking
Year Ago Today: AA Meeting