On Saturday, July 11, 2015 at 8:52:44 PM UTC+1, Bruce Messer wrote:
But the thing is their his beliefs, and as far as I know we are all entitled to them.

Of course every one is entitled to their beliefs including racism and honophobia even though there are laws against expressing those views.

But a science newsgroup is not the place for expressing beliefs, whether it is the aforementioned or just scepticism about global warming.