My colleagues and I are here today during the last full week of victims of pornography month with some of the victims of that awful industry. Over the last decade we have witnessed an explosion in pornography in this country. Videos and magazines are produced in numbers far outweighing historical figures. And with the advent of the Internet, an entire new medium has been found by pornographers.
Pornographers now make more money each year than the rock and country music industries combined .
The Internet is used by pornographers as an aggressive and corrupting tool. It literally has the ability to reach into our homes and touch our children. Gone are the days when a person had to ask bashfully for one of those magazines or videos behind the counter. Unfortunately, the Clinton Administration has shown very little interest in pursuing this problem. Or, as Adult Video News magazine editorialized in March of 1998, It s a great time to be an adult retailer.