Does this Zombie Costume Cross the Line?

Wow that is frigin awesome!

Rule # 40: There are no rules in Zombieland.

IMHO there is no such this as a too offensive zombie costume. The only thing that would have made this better was if it was a mangled aborted fetus.

Does being offended by the dead baby and not the dead adult constitute ageism?

Yup. It was the funniest thing I saw all day.

This isn't offensive to me. It *might* have been offensive if the zombie mother had been holding the baby (still attached to the umbilical cord) sucking on a straw trepanned in the baby's skull.

On the other hand, maybe not and I'd think it was COOL!

Who cares? Zombie walks so incredibly fucking lame.... srsly

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordfreak/4053025081/"; target="_blank">that</a> was no dog.

They were trying to get a refund!

On the other hand, I've always found it kind of unfortunate/amusing that the Funeral Home itself is across the street from Toronto Western. Also wondered if they have an underground tunnel from the morgue...

You're out in public and children can see you?

Yeah it crosses the line.

Zombie doctor and patient are assholes.

I just don't understand the costume, frankly. Was the woman delivering the baby at the precise moment she turned? Seems dumb.

While I sympathize with the bad-taste-in-public comment and personally don't find the fetus thing amusing, I believe more strongly in freedom of expression. If you are concerned about what your kids might see, I think it would be good advice to keep them away from zombie walks, period. Who wants their kids watching that kind of grossness?

This photo is why I love Toronto....

This post is why I do not. It shouldn't really be necessary to debate our freedoms.

Having said that, it is interesting to generate a discussion around it :)

Hooray for highlighting offensive humour!

If the baby had a coat hanger sticking out of it, that might be crossing the line. Is making a comment like that crossing the line?

Tasteless? I thought babies tasted like chicken.

nope no boundaries, just plain fun, sick of people being offended.

refuckinglax it's a costume I think people can wear what ever they want whether someone complains about it or not. It's all in fun I'm sure the person wearing it wanted to be controversial not offensive.

I don't do zombie because I don't feel "dead people" are funny, but I'm not so concerned if what others do crosses the line or not ... they are pretty harmless.

I don't really see why this would be any more offensive, or rather, distressing (I completely aggree with this distinction, Nancy), than any of the other zombie costumes. If you think that the baby is a person, then it's just as dead/undead as everyone else, and therefore just as offensive/distressing. If it isn't, then it's just a thing, an innanimate object, and therefore no more offensive than tying a frisbee or a typewriter to your crotch. But I agree that I don't really get it- are they both zombies? Did she die during childbirth? Is the fetus stillborn? What's the sequence of events here? Is this just totally over-thinking it?

That is a really awesome zombie get-up.

Come on people lighten up... Jeez.

I think you're crossing the line by making a big deal over this zombie COSTUME! Stop being a shit disturber and trying to get people all in a frenzy over something that is not at all to be taken seriously.

Its an unborn baby.
As in the undead. Zombies.
Didnt George Romero teach you guys anything?

I was the zombie doctor on call that day. I was delivering this woman's baby and just as the baby was coming out she "turned" and attacked me. After all I did for her, she bit me! I though we had a bond but I was wrong. So, question! Would that make the baby a zombie? Reply with your answer.


It's a themed costume with a little thought put into it. Sorry if we offended you. Overall, people laughed about it and that was its intention. See you next year people. We'll be the ones with the over the top themed costume. LOL

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You wrote:
"A zombie with a dead baby dragging on the ground hanging on by umbilical cord isn't okay for children or pregnant women or women who have recently lost a baby to be exposed to. I don't think it's reasonable for people to expect a woman(or her partner) to lighten up and see the joke if they've recently gone through this kind of personal tragedy."

How about those who have lost loved ones recently, because they were dismembered in a freak/car accident. Shouldn't they be offended by a "living dead" walk in general?

Point is, the idea & presentation of zombies is meant for fun and as a parodical social commentary on groupthink, mob mentalities, and a society that discourages independent thought. If the dead baby attached to its' dead mothers birth canal via umbilical cord shocks you, maybe you should ask yourself why, and possibly learn something about yourself.

Also, for all the Maude Flanders' out there ("Oh won't SOMEONE please think of the CHILDREN!"), we shouldn't have to shelter kids in public from thinks we may find unsettling. It's not a perfect world and if children ask questions about these questionable displays they see in public, this is a good thing; it encourages discussion between parent and child, and hopefull the child can learn some critical think at a young age.

@Jason: It was a good costume!

Speaking as someone who was once a baby and potentially could be a zombie in years to come...i find it to be downright awesome!

Being P.C. is as dead as...well a zombie.

Now if you dressed as a 13 yr old hockey player that was dead...that might be a tad too soon.

I think this costume was amusing. Lighten up, it was just for fun. I went to the Zombie Walk and I had a great time. There were a lot of costumes that were just as bad as this, but no one took offence to them. I don't now if anyone remembers, but there was a woman with a fetus hand sticking out of her belly. It's all for fun...and sorry if I'm a horrible person for laughing at these interesting costumes.

No! The costume belongs at the Toronto Zombie Walk. Why would someone suggest to wear this costume at sick kids. What's wrong with that person.

and u should pull that stick or head out of your behind, seriously.

Agreed.

Saw lots of so-called zombies laughing/giggling and playing pretend Star Wars.

Yawn.

Sorry about that, I forgot that I clicked on your name earlier to reply. Yes, I did get your joke, and I forgot to give you a high five for it. =P

This is truly one of the most entertaining postings ever to appear on BlogTO. The responses are both ingenious and hilarious.

I suggest you watch your language - there could be children or women with children reading these blog posts. If this was a private page, then it would be okay, but this is public domain. So it's offensive.

Wah, wah, wah. Seriously? You don't think the image in question would be more damaging to the "child" than the use of the word "asshole"?

Just an FYI, way easier to find questionable content on the interwwwebz than to read through the comments of a zombie picture. You know, just in case you haven't noticed.

People! I'm being sarcastic - follow the flirtation between myself and the ironically-named "brains" and you will understand what I wrote.

And THAT Mae, was the best comment on the thread. I mean that sincerely.

I think I might use this idea

d'oh. *egg firmly affixed to face*

like someone said in the beginning of the comments, and like many others are saying, IT IS THE ZOMBIE WALK. this picture has been taken totally out of context and that is unfair. Being a person who, myself, was born and stayed in sick kids' hospital for 3 months, being a 3 month premie baby, i don't find this offensive because it is completed unrelated to reality. It's not some deep mystical comment on human life. Its for fun. If you want to talk ethics, the entire zombie walk is unethical because it represents things that should not happen, happening. Everyone needs to relax their faces off and just realize it was for the zombie walk, to stay at the zombie walk, and not be reiterated outside of that realm.

I'm glad you had an option for 'what line?' as I don't think that there should be a line you 'could' cross for zombie costumes. I think it's highly inventive!

I had a girl show up to my party a couple years ago with a fetus hanging out of her...and she wasnt even supposed to be a zombie either.

<i>"...IT'S THE ZOMBIE WALK for <b>heaven</b> sake."</i>

Oh, the irony!

Humans take themselves far too seriously sometimes.

For adults it is ok but with little kids trick-or-treating it is not such a good idea

Yeah, what line? This is newsworthy? Oh, BlogTO. Way to try - and fail - to make something out of nothing.

I meant to say ".....that is the way of or nature of the blog"

wow! great Halloween costumes, they're fine with me..

True. Very true. I like the way you think.

over the line? cowboy up; it's a halloween costume!

I did that one in Texas last year.

hehe that's awesome

Of COURSE it crosses a line. These people don't dress up as zombies to NOT cross lines though, do they?

Annie, in what book would that be? What author could be such a genius to create that type of idea?

For goodness sake, the only people who could possibly find this offensive would be a daily mail reader. Come on. It's okay to have a fully grown dead human walking around all zombie like, but the mere mention of a zombie baby gets some people in a tizz?

For goodness sake, the only people who could possibly find this offensive would be a daily mail reader. Come on. It's okay to have a fully grown dead human walking around all zombie like

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