innocent victim, n.Definitions

The Innocent victim (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in this view, only the child, on whom scandal is imposed from outside without his participation; fortunately, all men were once children.

The Innocent victim (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unimaginable to the ancient critics of myth: they dreaded the gods becoming despised victims of men, a possibility only the prophets and the Gospels could think innocent.

The Innocent victim (n.) par ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠excellence is the one violence has every reason to pick on and no reason to blame: Jesus is the most arbitrary of victims because the least violent, and the most meaningful for the same reason.