There's a 113% chance those statistics were made up.

On 5/22/06, Ian Smith <smithi&#167;nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2006, David Goldstein wrote:
>
>  > The X Factor: ICANN Rejects .XXX Domain Creation
>  > Did you know that there are 4.2 billion pornographic
>  > websites that is equivalent to 12% of the total
>  > websites on the Internet? That there are 372 million
>  > pornographic pages, 68 million daily search engine
>  > requests, 2.5 billion daily pornographic emails, and
>  > 1.5 billion peer to peer pornographic downloads
>  > monthly?
>  > http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/05/17/TECH2006051764261.html
>
> Wow, David, what a lot of things I didn't know, all in one place.
>
> I had no idea there were 35 billion websites of any description. That
> means every person on the planet now runs about 6 websites, and two
> in three people (including children) run a porn site.  I hope Netcraft
> are taking notice; they only know about 80 odd million websites so far.
>
> Nor did I realise that over 40% of the planet's inhabitants send at
> least one pornographic email every day.  That foreign aid's sure doing
> the trick, eh?  Last year a third couldn't afford to eat properly;  a
> huge turnaround for which it seems we must thank the porn industry.
>
> A bit strange that of the 4.2 billion porno sites, only 372 million have
> pornographic pages though.  Maybe we can do them for false advertising?
>
> I was a bit inclined to doubt the absolute veracity of these statistics,
> until I got to the last para:
>
> "And lastly, put God into the center of your family and I can assure you
>  these kinds of materials will not have any place in your families'
>  Internet activities.  Pray as a family and ask for the Lord's guidance
>  and you will be in safe hands."
>
> So, straight from the horses' mouth, so to speak.
>
> Thanks for the Enlightenment,
>
> cheers, Ian
>
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