Anti-smut brigade targets ‘SI’ swimsuit issue and its advertisers

“Lust-producing.” “Highly erotic.” “Outrageous.” “Smut mag.” The American Decency Association isn’t mincing words when it comes to the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The group shot off an e-mail this morning urging parents to shield young, impressionable eyes from this rag and complain to the companies that bought ad pages in it. “There is nothing acceptable about pornography, and that is exactly what the SI swimsuit issue is,” the message says. It goes on: “Many of the corporations stoop to the same level as Sports Illustrated by using very sexual, erotic imagery and innuendo in their ads.”