Freedom doesn't simply mean letting it all hang out | Simon Jenkins

We don't want a society in which Page 3, or Beckham's bulge, are banned. But self-restraint is a mark of civilisation

The camera glides down David Beckham's torso from muscled shoulder and stubbled chin, to linger on quivering pectorals. Pecs, I gather, are in and biceps out. The lens then fondles the elastic strip of the Armani briefs before clamping the eye on the bulge of concealed genitals and depilated zone. It then skims the tanned thigh before running out of steam somewhere down th...