“Consider the death of Princess Diana. This accident involved an English citizen, with an Egyptian boyfriend, crashed in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian, who was drunk on Scotch whiskey, followed closely by Italian paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, and finally treated with Brazilian medicines by an American doctor. In this case, even leaving aside the fame of the victims, a mere neighborhood canvass would hardly have completed the forensic picture, as it might have a generation before.” MightCasesGenerationsCarCitizensInvolvedFameDoctorsVictimMedicineMereLeavingAccidentsDrivenDrivingTreatedDrunkNeighborhoodItalianEnginesPrincessGlobalizationRoyaltyTunnelsWhiskeyMotorcycleDutchEgyptianPaparazziScotchDianaCar AccidentForensicsBelgiansDrunk DrivingScotch WhiskeyCanvassing Author:Mark Riebling
“Like the panic stricken populace of 'The War of the Worlds' and countless other 1950s invasion movies, the victims are there to provide the human ground over which monster and expert, threat and defender, disordering and ordering impulses can battle it out. Second-class citizens of the genre, they are narratively indispensable because physically entirely disposable. We are only really involved with them in the momentary tension of their capture or demise.” WorldHumansWarFilmClassCitizensInvolvedBattleHollywoodVictimThreatMonstersImpulseGenreWar Of The WorldsExpertsTensionCapturePanicIndispensableInvasionDefendersMomentaryDemiseDisposableSecond Class Citizens Author:Andrew Tudor
“When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim - that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be. Shakespeare said the course of true love never did run smooth and I had a sense it had to be painful. It was such a revelation to realise it shouldn't be that way and you get to choose who you love and who you give your heart to.” WayGivingShouldHeartKindSaidIdeasRunningPainCoursesRealizingInvolvedDatingVictimPainfulRevelationsSmoothJuliet Author:Emma Watson
“There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need.” NeedsMayHelpingHandsInvolvedCriticismVictimFingersStormNeighborOfferingTimingPointingHelping HandPointing Fingers Author:Jo Bonner
“Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.” WellsWarLinesKnownLandFoolInvolvedVictimClassicCriedWell KnownAsiaGet InvolvedBlundersPrincess BrideSicilianPrinces BrideBattle Of Wits Book:The Princess Bride Source: The Princess Bride
“Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon.” GivingSocialCausesSpecialConditionsInvolvedVictimSuicidePhenomenonStampsSuicidalTemperament Book:Suicide Source: Suicide
“It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except for what thou deemest to be a worthy cause, where thou thinkest that thou canst use the loot for a better purpose than wouldst the victim of the theft."” StatesUseSeemsPurposeCausesLibertyMoralInvolvedVictimWorthyLibertarianStealingWelfareLibertarianismTheftAlteredWelfare StateWorthy Causes Author:F. A. Harper
“Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.” EffortInvolvedMercyVictimCaringNever ForgetSurvivorRescueAlmightySeptemberSeptember 11Almighty GodRemembrance For 9 11 Author:Pope John Paul II
“When I started dating I had this kind of Romeo and Juliet, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim - that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be.” ShouldKindIdeasPainInvolvedRomanticDatingVictimRomantic LoveJuliet Author:Emma Watson
“There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted as innocent victims ... The reality is that both parties conspire to defraud the public.” PersonsTwoRealityGovernmentPartyPayInvolvedVictimCorruptionInnocentOfficialsScandalTransactionsBribeGovernment OfficialsBusiness PersonInnocent Victims Author:Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey