Carol is not a victim. She is a warrior, a fighter, not to be taken down by something she can't see, feel or touch. Cancer is not a religious sacrifice, no one is conned, cajoled, and neither an accident, result of war or of the "system". These are all done by "man" - the human race. One of the online dictionaries says as part of its definition of victim "one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions <a victim of cancer> <a victim of the auto crash> <a murder victim>". I disagree. Cancer can not be put into the same category as the accident or murder because the acts were caused by another human. Not the car, not the gun. No one said Gee I haven't had cancer before, I wonder what it's like.!!! Carol is a "victim" of the "system" because she has cancer. Just my 2 cents.