Blood is thicker than water. Hence, a surviving niece is more entitled to decide what is appropriate to associate with her late uncle than a stranger from the street. Earn your own legacy. Do not hitch a ride on another's dead body.
死者的亲友可能并不认可这种类比。所以,就事论事最好。尤其是在刑事案件。把一个案子的被杀者和另一个案子的杀人者,一起称为“受害者”,难免会引起第一个案子里被杀者亲属的不满。
请记住,死者亲属几十年来,一直忍受着杀害他们亲人的杀手,连过失杀人罪都缓期执行的耻辱。他们笃信:杀人者应该接受法律制裁。
Analogy has its limitations. Use wisely. Compared with an innocent victim who died from gunshot from Mr. Right, Mr. Right is not a victim per se. Not in the same case with the real victim.
所以,当 Ng 把梁称之为“受害者”时,梁案的两个主角,都成了“受害者“,一个杀了另一个。结果梁案变成了 villianless crime。