Back in 2001, the controversial Channel 4 show, Brass Eye, proved why it was so controversial when it satirised the culture of fear that had become somewhat prevalent in the UK. It labelled it “Paedogeddon” and we either laughed or were appalled, depending on our notions of good taste, at the casual way the greatest taboo was being treated. Yet, even back then, Chris Morris seemed to have a point. Those were the days when The News of the World splashed paedophile stories on its front pages with depressing regularity as it sought the right to “name and shame”. Paedophilia seemed rife in every community, according to the media, and, as a consequence, in 2000, yobs daubed the word “paedo” on the home of a hospital paediatrician.