It is not a "new" requirement.
Thinking that it is may be the essence of the issue when it comes to understanding and accepting personal responsibility for our behaviour towards others.
As a guideline I find that if I would hesitate to say something to someone's face I should hesitate to write it.
Totally agree with that. Forget football forums which are an irrelevace in the greater scheme of things. Social media per se have bred a sense of invulnerability to the normal rules that make living safely in a society possible. Bullying without repercussions and hiding behind a keyboard to...