The Walking Dead and Self-Defense by Wim Demeere

[** Serge **]

So what’s the relevance to self-defense in all this?

It’s pretty simple:

The Walking Dead describes a world where our society has broken down because of extreme external circumstances. The protagonists have to adapt to this new reality or die. Their daily lives depend solely on their self-defense skills, in the largest sense of the term.

 

Pretty much every hairy situation you see in the show is something that can (and actually does) happen in reality, in a different context than a zombie apocalypse of course:

    * Racism turning into violence (The scenes with Merle on the roof  in Season 1.)
    * People under extreme emotional stress looking for a way to release it by hurting you (Rick meeting the group in the store for the first time after escaping from the tank in Season 1.)
    * People who have no objections to using violence to get what they want, regardless of what you think about it (The scene in the bar when Rick and Glenn go get a drunk Hershel in Season 2)
    * People who believe might is right and see their way as the only way, regardless of the cost to you or others (Shane, especially in Season 2)

There is lots more but you can see how all these situations happen in the real world too. Just switch on the TV and look at the context of every news item that covers violence; you’ll see the similarities. More on that below.

http://www.wimsblog.com/2012/11/the-walking-dead-and-self-defense/

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