"Who among us has not said privately something that, if made public, would destroy us?"

From The National Post:

Are you prepared for anything you have ever said or written, anywhere, at any time, in the privacy of your own home, or on the telephone, or in an email, to be used against you in your public life? Imagine the angriest, meanest, basest or most ironic, pushing-the-limits thing you have ever said or written — that is, the thing you would least like the world to know of — and now imagine those words broadcast in national media, probably out of context and twisted and misunderstood, to the person or group most likely to take offence.
That is what is here at stake. Who among us has not said privately something that, if made public, would destroy us, our friendships, our employment or our reputations? If we concede that these students should, in the absence of a criminal conviction, be expelled, or suffer any formal consequences whatsoever, then you too must accept your fate when your private comments are made public and used against you — when your email account is hacked or a letter is stolen from your mailbox, or a conversation in your home or on your cell phone is surreptitiously recorded.

Reminds me of something. The whole article seems worth the read.