The drug user, chasing that feel-good feeling, in too deep and now addicted. In too deep and addicted? Then you should know that he's far beyond chasing any feel-good feeling and is now trying to stem the pain of withdrawal, a subject I have some knowledge of. This by no means excuses his actions but certainly explains the motive behind them. Victim? Only of his own stupidity. Robbing and mugging people - Victim or villain? Having been in dire straits, I know there is always a way to find enough work to feed oneself and find shelter somewhere. The paedophile, abusing your child, he was abused himself. Victim or villain? Paederast! PaedERAST! A paedoPHILE is simply someone attracted to children just like, you know, all those Greek philosophers who came up with thee system of government we claim to live under (even if it now resembles something more 20th c. Russian or German). Villain, though we have some understanding of the reasons for it. The person who steals your car, he thinks he is poor Is he actually poor? See answer 2. Car theft is rarely done in order to feed and shelter oneself. Brought up by his gang, he stabs an innocent family man to death to earn his stripes. Every tribe has its rituals. This one can be seen as a victim of a society which in an attempt to be "modern" and "forward-thinking" prefers to coddle and tolerate -- rather than discipline -- both children and their parents. Still a villain. He's unattractive, has poor social skills - he wants sex, so he rapes women. Extremely rare; rape is normally about power, not sex. Rapist=villain, and I recently stumbled across a rather suitable -- if NSFW -- Hammurabian punishment. The nurse, she wants to be special... so she kills the children under her care. A Munchhausen by proxy villain. His wife doesn't love him any more, so the husband kills her out of sudden rage. How could he be seen as a victim? The leader of a country, fears revolt by an ethnic group, in order to keep his country stable Administration is tough. Will killing the few protect and spare the lives of many more? If it's a Stalinist or Pol-Potian purge, villain; otherwise "effective leader". The terrorist who blows himself up on the tube. Duh. The man in the cave who sends the terrorist bomber to kill people he'll never know. Double-duh. The burglar who breaks into the house and gets stabbed by a frightened housewife. He knew the risks of his profession. The alcoholic who punches me in the face, breaking my glasses, cutting my face. Victim or villain? Finally! I get it now. Did you know that ampules of apomorphine are very easily confused with those of various other IV medications which might be indicated in such a situation? Very easy to grab the wrong amp when the patient is combative, and considerably more effective in preventing repeat business than an ASBO. The person who robbed my ambulance, stole my crewmate's belongings. EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! At what point do you say, "No, it was not right to do this, there is no excuse"? At pretty much all of them.