To be vulnerable is to let down one's defenses. When the organizing principle of a society is a fear that there are people that want to destroy them, then exhibiting vulnerability can been seen as compromising the security of the society. Fortunately, there is nothing to be afraid of when one realizes that people only reap that which they have sown. And, this realization has a way of liberating people to be vulnerable without trepidations of repercussions.