This "rule" against passive voice doesn't exist in every language.
What looks like good writing in English may look like childish, repetitive prose in other languages.
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The "rule" doesn't exist in English either.
Most of the people complaining about the passive have either serious trouble identifying a passive at all, or can't construct an argument why it's bad to save their lives, as amply demonstrated by Geoffrey Pullum. http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf Section 2 is a bit technical, but the rest is a great read.