Reply #3: I think that this goes to the Vietnam era when citizens realized [View All]

[question everything]

that their government was not telling them the truth. And then Watergate and the dirty tricks.

Even before the Internet we decided that we needed to do know the most intimate details of our candidates and elected officials. And to think that many did not know that FDR was handicapped.

And, yes, the anonymity of the Internet, and the 15 sec of fame on YouTue and twitters - there is no sense of shame, no sense of privacy.