Van Rijn,
I should have clarified it. Everyone is entitled to have and speak their opinions. And it's my opinion that a scientist acting in his role as scientist should address the matter at hand and not digress into a tirade. He was acting as a spokesman for CERN, he was not addressing a school board as a parent opposed to the teaching of intelligent design to his children or sitting around the dinner table with his wife etc. So yes it's about how best to deliver a message.