tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173535264764030852.post5393351739655031525..comments2015-08-31T20:36:59.570-07:00Comments on Ms. CRANKY: Modern (?) Life (?)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8173535264764030852.post-47055191623417216202015-08-31T20:36:59.570-07:002015-08-31T20:36:59.570-07:00Frankly, I think that this is what the Zombie meta...Frankly, I think that this is what the Zombie metaphor addresses. Science fiction gives us imagery that our id, the most basic, primal fear or animal instinct reacts to. In the 50's it was 'aliens'. And we were in the cold war, hating, fearing Russians, they were portrayed as utterly foreign, and, their mission was to 'take us over'. Obliterate our freedom with communism.<br />Now here we have zombies walking the streets. People who are not alive, but are not dead. Who don't care or relate because they are possessed by the mindless Zombie disease. Where are the Luddites when we really need them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com