It will be argued by some that the scientific method cannot be applied in a subjective area.

We can agree that the reaction of a given person to a violation of his property boundary is certainly the product of his mental processes.  He thinks he has been victimized.

If the individual had issued an invitation to another person to cross his property boundary and to do whatever whatever it was that was done, he certainly can not be considered to have been victimized in any way.  The other person simply responded to the individual's invitation, and did what the individual wanted done.

Damages ensue when boundaries are crossed against the will and wishes of the owner of the property within the boundary, resulting in the victimization of the owner. 

In short, a victim is a victim because he believes himself to be a victim.  This belief is the result of his will regarding his property being usurped by an act of trespass by another person.

The scientific method however is not limited in this regard.  The scientific method can be applied to any circumstance where a limited and identifiable number of factors can be isolated and applied, but in a repetitive situation, and a standard, predictable result is observed each and every time. 

Thus the scientific method can be applied even in a subjective area, if a universal pattern of human mental (subjective) reaction can be discovered.

Such a pattern of universal reaction to a property boundary violation is readily predictable.

No human being approves of thinking of himself as a victim. 

It is true of course that some persons can think of themselves as having been victimized when no such victimization occurred, but that changes nothing.  Whenever any human being violates the property boundary of another, it is safe to predict that the (subjective) belief of the property owner (ownership also being a subjective belief), will be one of disapproval.

It follows therefore that there is a natural law of human behavior - that the (subjective) opinion of a victim will invariably and predictably disapprove of his own victimization.

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