does this need to be said?

There is this idea that people are meaner than they used to be because of the internet... People are no meaner than they used to be - people have always been #@*%&! #@*%&!'s... What happens is that the technology is just faster.... You have this crazy idea, a crazy angry thought, "I've got a crazy angry thought!" and clickety click click click and boom! - it's out. And you don't have time to slow down and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything, which is: 

1. Does this need to be said?

2. Does this need to be said by me?

3. Does this need to be said by me now?

Three #@*%&! marriages it took me to learn that.

Craig Ferguson

"Does This Need to Be Said?" 2011.