[paul]

"Imagine being subject of public hate because you expressed a unpopular view when you were young."

Rather than being able/forced to hide all of my unpopular opinions, I would prefer to live in a society that didn't hate me for having different ideas.

Privacy is important, but often the need is rooted in disfunction elsewhere.

[kashifzaidi1]

yes, i second that to the letter, only if we lived in that perfect society.

[paul]

Things do get better. Being gay used to be a major crime (and thus had to be hidden). Now gay marriage is becoming legal in much of the western world. I'm optimistic that we can continue building a more open and tolerant society.