In scientific writing and inter-office memos the use of passive voice is strongly discouraged by pretty much every style guide. <smirk>
Sure, it's a stylistic choice, but one best adopted by writers whose purpose is entertainment, not conveying information. Active voice is nearly always simpler and clearer.
Anything to do with lawyers, too.
Years of microsoft word putting whiny little green zigzags under the passive voice has forever damned it as an error.
for some people.
Perhaps -- unless you're writing professionally, in which case there's an implied responsibility not to waste the reader's time.