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A Very Slow Protest March is Planned

The Annual Zombpocalypse, otherwise known as the Zombie “Festerval” and Preparedness Expo, won’t be coming back to Tacoma, Wash. The first two years were so successful, the organizers wanted to hold the third in the Tacoma Dome, the covered city-owned arena used for concerts and other events, which holds up to 30,000 people. But Dome management laid down the law: no Nerf guns or other toy or replica firearms, no knives, and no cleavage. (“No cleavage? If that’s a rule, we sure didn’t see anyone enforcing it at the Miley Cyrus concert in February,” the local newspaper notes.) “We treat everyone equally,” insists Dome Director Kim Bedier. “Dead or alive.” The zero tolerance toy gun rule seems to be the main sticking point, though — that, and scheduling conflicts, what with the upcoming Gun Show scheduled at the dome. (RC/Tacoma News Tribune) ...And sure enough, the organizers promised there will not be any toy guns there.