But is a change in the law really necessary? OK, you may well now be crying out for a straitjacket for the poor old loony writing this drivel, but stop and think about it for a moment. Why do we need new laws to apply to the Internet? Don't existing laws serve perfectly well. After all they have already been used on a number of occasions to put paid to the paedophiles who try to ply their vile trade online. Being in possession of obscene material is illegal no matter what the format and dirty pictures on your computer are just as illegal as their counterparts on photographs or video tape. Of course, catching someone with Internet pornography is a different matter, but no more difficult than intercepting someone's post to find video tapes. The police still need a suspicion before they can intervene and arrest, and it would be just about impossible for any agency to monitor and decode every online communication taking place. Which, of course, is the main string to the "cannot legislate" bow that I'm plucking. What is the point of introducing a piece of legislation aimed directly at the Internet when just about anyone who knows about such things will tell you it is impossible to enforce?