A "think of the children" rebuttal? How... original.
> you don't have a problem with any links to sites associated with paedophilia,
In common with a large number of people, I have no problem with a search engine indexing such sites.
The appearance of illegal sites in a search engine's results will have no measurable effect on that site's activity. Those that want to view it will find it, those that don't won't be looking for it. There will be few false positives.
However - and this is the important bit - I do not want those sites to exist. They can generally be removed under existing legislation, once found. And having a search engine index them will make that task much easier.
So yes - I do want the search engines to index such things.
> it doesn't I believe fit the majority view of society at large.
And I don't believe you represent the view of "society at large".
> we have laws to control and enforce that.
We do indeed. We do not need any more.
> why should the internet be any different?
It shouldn't. It should be regulated just like other aspects of reality. And that is why I would resist attempts to treat it differently. We do not need new regulations for the Internet.
Vic.