What if fighting Zombies was not embraced?

[Grey Wolf]

Well, what I mean is, what if mainstream society doe's not embrace the idea of combat with the dead? But rather chooses to avoid any kind of combat by just staying out of the deads way?

"Leave them alone, and they'll leave us alone..."

[AmadeusMaxwell]

I think they'd cave in when the "they'll leave us alone" portion of their logic falls through.

[Log!]

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[Dodom]

Unless it DOES WORK!!!!
What if the zombies only noticed people that paid attention to them? People would be safe by ignoring them, and anyone who has to fight one would be embarrassed because it means he wasn't able to control himself. Eventually fighting zombies would be associated with lack of discipline or weakness and would become a taboo only outcasts would break.

[Opus Fluke]

It would be a bit like "Guards! Guards!" where the Patrician insists there are no such thing as dragons because they only exist when enough people believe they exist. Zombies would be flatly denied. Or like Discworld's Death, "He's not a skeleton, dear. He's just... very ill."

[Zog]

What if the zombies only noticed people that paid attention to them?

Ravenous Bugblatter Zombies of Traal?

[Ricky S]

If they were slow zombies it could be very easy to just avoid them. If they attacked only if you paid attention to them then I would imagine that there would be a lot of people who just ignored them and a few insane/brave individuals who go on zombie hunts.

[Fiveofclubs]

I kind of feel bad for the zombies.  Starving for brains until someone pays attention to them.  All lonely and shambling around.  Poor guys.  Probably all trying to commit suicide (resuicide?) but can't die.  Sad, sad sad sad.