The problem I have with the passive voice is how certain people use it to affect a kind of officious, administrative power. When I ask someone to clarify whethe

The problem I have with the passive voice is how certain people use it to affect a kind of officious, administrative power. When I ask someone to clarify whether they're offering their own opinion or that of some other, specific external authority, they tend to get angry. The passive voice is really the passive-aggressive voice, and I recommend taking every opportunity to antagonize it when someone uses it on you. It's not polite and euphemistic, it's bureaucratic, pseudo-intellectual, and bullying.