Jonah Goldberg on the Zombie Apocalypse
Apr. 22nd, 2010 11:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperIn today's Goldberg File, Jonah Goldberg of National Review has the following to say about the coming Zombie Apocalypse:
"There are lots of good arguments about gun rights. But it amazes me how often these debates boil down to whether you can imagine that tomorrow will look a lot different than today. So many liberals dismiss the "right to revolution" arguments on the grounds that they can't imagine its ever being necessary. Nor can they imagine a military invasion or a collapse of the social order sufficiently chaotic to justify the laws of self-preservation. And don't even get me started on zombies.
I hope these unimaginative liberals are right. But I can tell you this: When the zombies rise, I won't be racing to the homes of friends who happened to be lifetime members of Handgun Control Inc. I will be heading North to Alaska, where I have family and they have guns, lots and lots of guns. And, more to the point, while the prevalence of guns in our society will do little to nothing to prevent the zombie menace from ever arising, those guns go a long way toward circumscribing the menu of available policy options for the state. In other words, the existence of gun rights makes the "need" for gun rights seem less apparent."
"There are lots of good arguments about gun rights. But it amazes me how often these debates boil down to whether you can imagine that tomorrow will look a lot different than today. So many liberals dismiss the "right to revolution" arguments on the grounds that they can't imagine its ever being necessary. Nor can they imagine a military invasion or a collapse of the social order sufficiently chaotic to justify the laws of self-preservation. And don't even get me started on zombies.
I hope these unimaginative liberals are right. But I can tell you this: When the zombies rise, I won't be racing to the homes of friends who happened to be lifetime members of Handgun Control Inc. I will be heading North to Alaska, where I have family and they have guns, lots and lots of guns. And, more to the point, while the prevalence of guns in our society will do little to nothing to prevent the zombie menace from ever arising, those guns go a long way toward circumscribing the menu of available policy options for the state. In other words, the existence of gun rights makes the "need" for gun rights seem less apparent."