1. My Stand
1.1. I Believe that the statement has to be approached in two different aspects, while interlinked, should be considered seperately.
1.1.1. Ability
1.1.1.1. Unless their actions in private affect their ability to properly complete their job, they should be allowed their private lives.
1.1.2. Privacy
1.1.2.1. Everyone should enjoy some degree of privacy; even if certain people under public scrutiny would not be able to escape public attention, they should not have to answer to criticsm for every aspect of their life, supposing it does not affect their ability to their job.
2. Counter-arguements
2.1. Morality
2.1.1. Hypocrisy
2.1.1.1. How can they claim the mantle of public hierachy if they can't even take care of themselves?
2.2. Influence
2.2.1. Those under public scrutiny would have a considerable amount of influence on the general public and so their actions could have repurcussions to more than themselves.
3. Consider these!
3.1. - Might what they do be against the law/rascist etc? And why would that matter even if it were?
3.2. - To whom might it matter?
3.3. - If it matters, will the people be affected by other people's views?
3.4. - What kind of people?
3.4.1. For the general public
3.4.2. For the person in question
3.5. - What kind of things might they do?
3.6. - What if what they do affects others directly/indirectly?
3.7. - Will it matter if other people have no knowledge or proof of what these people do in private?
3.8. - Is there hypocrisy involved?
4. Public figures
4.1. Prominent people who enjoy a particularly strong standing amongst the general public and carry some influence, almost always under the scrutiny of public limelight.
4.1.1. In most cases, their actions usually have some impact on the population in general and their "prominence" in social media is usually determined through their weight in contribution to the public.
4.2. Political figures
4.2.1. Officials
4.2.2. Politicians
4.2.2.1. In Standing governmental body
4.2.2.2. In opposing political party
4.3. Celebrities
4.3.1. Television Media
4.3.1.1. E.g. Movie Stars
4.3.1.1.1. Jack Neo, Movie Producer Sleeping Around
4.3.1.2. E.g. Sports Stars
4.3.1.2.1. Tiger Woods Golfing professional Sleeping Around
4.3.2. Social Media
4.3.2.1. E.g. Influencial Bloggers
4.3.3. Socially "powerful"
4.3.3.1. E.g. Lawyers
4.3.3.1.1. New node
4.3.3.2. E.g. C.E.O's
4.3.3.3. E,g, Bankers