Outing is a difficult one.
I tend to think one's private life is nobody else's business. But if you are pretending to be something you are not while standing for public office or if you support anti-gay laws while actually being a closet gay yourself, it's a bit easier to defend. Not according to the BBC who have banned all mention of the rumoured outing on its news broadcasts. Hardly a dry eye in the house for Nelson Mandela. The anti-apartheid struggle was for many of us an important part of our political education.