Polluting industries and their victims have been likened to a stone and an egg. When an egg meets up with a stone, it's clear who's going to come out the winner, and everyone tends to sympathize with the weaker party.
近來在國內許多地方性環保抗爭中，雖然都以「環境保護」、「還我淨土」為訴求，但卻被學者認為大都只是「受害者運動」，在意識上缺少對環保更深層次的體認。