Video nasties era and its impact

i've recently been watching two superb documentaries about he whole video nasties campaign in the uk in the 80's. where many films were banned, a huge moral outcry from the upper class and people actually arrested for owning copies of films





Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape



Video Nasties: Draconian Days



i'm curious to see others views on the whole thing, get a discussion going now that its been a whole generation from the event



did they go too far, or not far enough. how will history look upon the people involved and the most importantly with the way society is now could it happen again