You asked about people, in general. He specified NSCers only. All NSCers are people, of course, but all people (and there's a lot of them!) aren't NSCers (and their views do not always concur with the concensus on NSC!)
He said (amd I quote), "My opinion....... no doubt will not go down well with most NSC ers." That's not all people. He may well find his opinions do go down perfectly well with a lot of people, just not NSCers!
For the record, I am totally glad that bear baiting, badger baiting, dog- and...