Andrei Plesu on how people's biographies are used against them

"Has anyone who didn't openly oppose the dictatorship before 1989 the right to adopt a superior, radical and bold stance in public today - something he failed to do before?", Romanian philosopher Andrei Plesu asks. "I would say 'yes'. ... Previous cowardliness doesn't condemn one to be a coward forever. ... A non-political life or sanctimonious lies should not deprive one of the right to be a true citizen with deep political convictions and firm views today. ... Up to this point, the situation is relatively clear, but some things remain unclear: why do embarrassing episodes in the lives of this or that person always come to light when the person in question is making a nuisance of himself in politics? Is this really clarification of the past, or just a trite act of reprisal?"

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