Word: victimizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Teamsters President Ron Carey said he was a "victim" of corruption in his own ranks (TIME Daily...
...fame, I take exception to your lumping together all the recent lawsuits against Disney and referring to us Mouseketeers as "turning nasty" [PEOPLE, Sept. 1]. It is truly unfortunate that former Mouseketeer Billie Jean Matay (or Billie Jean Beanblossom, as her fans and I knew her) was a victim of robbery in a Disneyland parking lot. This horrible incident was never taken lightly, and although the case was dismissed, I don't believe the judge had to resist the temptation "to call the case Goofy." Only time will tell how worthy is the suit by former Mouseketeers for royalties they...
...Victim politics is always a confusing game. It is hard to separate out our feelings: Are we to be sympathetic to the disadvantaged? Angry that they are using their plight in what amounts to a power play? Disgusted at politics as usual? The famine in North Korea raises all these issues and more. Thanks to the strict controls the North Korean government has placed on the press, we do not even know how bad the famine really...
...difficult to puzzle out just why the government is keeping this thing under such tight wraps if the world is willing and able to help. Why doesn't the government just play the victim plain and simple and cash in on world good will? Indeed, one relief official noted that "it would be much easier to mobilize resources if they would give us more access...
Carter's allegations sting. Victims are supposed to act a certain way. They are supposed to be open and welcoming, eternally grateful of our aid. The story should run something like this: the powerful nations band together to save the suffering nation. They give freely, since the victim poses no threat to their well being or their collective ego. In fact, the victim nation offers the powerful nations a chance to act nobly, to assume the mantle of leadership they pay lip service to. But North Korea is not playing along...