We, everyone of us come with biases which we collect like souvenirs on our life's journey. I guess one could label them hidden agendas. But that is why we should and have open and public debate on important public issues.  For biases are one of the seed crops that our different opinions are formed from.

We must not fear to speak our minds but with civility to be heard and understood. For in today's flustrating world of 24 / 7 talking heads, ranting has become an art form. Ranting is a mind closer by nature of presentation where as civility by nature of presentation inspires curiosity, a mind opener.

Fear is a state of mind, heroic folks experience fear but they work with it, through it to be heroic. We celebrate physical courage but ignor moral courage to our detriment. To speak your mind freely highlights moral courage.

"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"     
         
      Franklin Roosevelt 

As true today as it was in 1933!