“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
“The zombie threat is made worse by the fact that their victims then turn into the creature that attacked them. This too is similar to other monsters (werewolves and vampires) and also similar to the sub-genre of infection/plague films. In the case of zombies, however, this may carry a greater sense of dread and revulsion: vampires and werewolves can be seen as desirable, potent, intelligent, virile creatures whom one might like -- in some way at least -- to become; a mindless ghoul condemned to wander aimlessly across an empty, ruined earth seems much less attractive.” WayMayMadeFactsSeemsMightEarthFilmTurnsCasesGreaterCreaturesEmptyIntelligentVictimThreatMonstersWanderVampireGenreAttractiveDreadRuinedDesirableZombiePlagueWerewolfInfectionMindlessGhoulsRevulsion Author:Kim Paffenroth
“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. When unlimited and unrestricted by individual rights, a government is man's deadliest enemy. It is not as protection against private actions, but against governmental actions that the Bill of Rights was written.” MenUseGovernmentActionIndividualForceEnemyRightsWrittenDangerousVictimBillsThreatProtectionUnlimitedMonopolyBill Of RightsIndividual RightsPhysical Force Author:Ayn Rand
“Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'” PeopleThinkingWarProblemEconomyCircumstancesVictimThreatTerrorism Author:Stephen Covey
“The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.” PeopleHumansCountryMatterFallIndividualAwarenessWeaponsConscienceShadowVictimThreatNuclearPermitCrucialNuclear WeaponsRefusal Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.” MenUseGovernmentForceRightsDangerousVictimThreatMonopolyBill Of RightsPhysical AttractionPhysical Force Book:The Virtue of Selfishness Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and robbing themselves. So long as they are unwilling to crawl out of their cars they will not discover the treasures of the national parks and will never escape the stress and turmoil of the urban-suburban complexes which they had hoped, presumably, to leave behind for a while.” LongBehindsCarStressVictimThreatComplexesTreasureChiefsParksUrbanUnwillingTouristsTourismTurmoilNational ParksRobbing Book:Desert Solitaire Source: Desert Solitaire
“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.” AbleSituationVictimThreat Author:James A. Baldwin
“Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.” StillsRealTodayLastsRememberHouseWeekHeroVictimThreatResolutionRepresentativesSeptemberSeptember 11AnniversarySeptember 11thHouse Of Representatives Author:Michael McCaul
“Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores the threats, disseminates fear, studies how it changes us. It pulls back the curtain on the ugly underbelly of society, tears away the masks the monsters wear out in the world, shows us the potential truth of the human condition. Horror is truth, unflinching and honest. Not everybody wants to see that, but good horror ensures that it's there to be seen.” ThinkingWorldWantMindHumansMayShowsBitsStudyConditionsHonestTearsHorrorVictimThreatUglyMonstersGenreMaskHuman ConditionCurtainsMisconceptionBulliedSnobberyAntagonist Author:Kealan Patrick Burke
“The negative penalties of the Old Testament case laws were not harsh but just, not a threat to society but rather the necessary judicial foundation of civic freedom… the Old Testament was harsh on criminals because it was soft on victims.” LawCasesNegativeVictimFoundationThreatCriminalsPenaltiesHarshTestamentCivicsOld TestamentJudicial Book:Victim's rights: the biblical view of civil justice Source: Victim's rights: the biblical view of civil justice
“I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.” KnowsFirstsHappensNextStepsViolenceDangerousMurderVictimThreatFinalsPatternsCharmFirst StepsIntroducingDomestic ViolenceNext StepsSeducingAbusers Author:Leslie Morgan Steiner