is "where do we draw the line of censorship?" Funnily enough the description of one of Ms Platell's horrifying porn scenes reminded me of a James Bond scene - only the victim and circumstances were different.

So should we stop portraying senseless violence in movies? Should authors be banned from writing murder mysteries?

It's an old problem and one I used to discuss at length with Mary Whitehouse (actually a very bright and charming lady - we liked each other whilst taking totally different stand points; she called me "a moral anarchist" to my face).

As I've got older I think she made some valid points. It comes down to responsibility. Do graphic descriptions of vile acts encourage them? In some cases, quite possibly "yes". But might those perpetrators have gone on anyway?

Censorship is a very complicated issue. I do believe that by censoring media from describing and publicising violent acts (like the recent mad Woolwich attack) we deprive potential loonies of "the oxygen of publicity" (here I reckon Maggie was way ahead of her time and quite right).

I do think many terrorists, knowing their killings would never be publicised, might not do them. Not a popular concept with the media - whose God is "a good story".

The Mail needs to consider - should their crusade against porn also include banning the media from reporting violence?