Oh how I loves me some zombie violence

I've discussed this on Friendface and with friends, but figured I'd include my thoughts on it here as an insight into the minds of people.  I was originally going to say it was an insight into my mind, but this is one of those commonalities that brings us together as a species.

There are certain movies and books with scenes of brutal violence against humans (or humanoids) to which we are very much drawn, and zombies stories are a prime example.  I'm also always up for some Nasi violence too.  Our lizard brains get a thrill from violence, it's deep within us from millions of years of  evolution as meat eaters and territorial beasts.  But our rational minds tell us that we can't just go around slaying and beating at will (well, some of us anyway).

Zombie and Nasi violence presents us with the rare opportunity to enjoy a healthy dose of violence with the moral quandry removed.  Storytellers have long been aware of this; it's why they go to lengths to build up the evil qualities of a character before presenting us with their gruesome death.  The more they've worked to show you just how evil someone is, the more painful, gory detail you can expect in their last moments.

Here's a list of some human(oid)s for whose demise I will cheer (did I un-dangle that participle correctly?).  I'll admit that it gets a little ethically questionable towards the end.

• Zombies
• Nasis (becoming an over-used antagonist in movies again)
• Khmer Rouge party leaders (an under-used antagonist in movies that I vote to now replace Nasis)
• Aliens plotting the destruction of our planet, as implausible a concept as I find this to be
• Conquistadors
• Serial killers (or single instance killers, depending on the circumstances)
• Child rapists
• Oh, any rapists really
• Followers of Sauron
• Software agents posing as humans in a virtual reality created to control humans and use us as batteries, as implausible a concept as I find that to be
• Anyone who shouts "Death to America!" (hey, I'll be the first to admit our imperfections, but fuck you, man)
• Anyone Dick Cheney has ever trusted to do his dirty work
• Dick Cheney
• Hedge fund managers
• Executives at companies that implement hydrofracking (I've been a little fixated on this lately.  I like water)

And let's be clear, I'm not speaking about this in terms of death penalty legislation, on which I have a completely different stance, or sanctioning rampant murder sprees of people who fit these descriptions, which would put you squarely in the serial killers category.  This is purely regarding the mutilation and death of fictional characters for my entertainment.  But nonetheless, I accept the impact this will have any future runs for office.