My point with my post was not primarily to have Pirate identity outed. It was more that the impression from this thread that an in-group of people was playing with an out-group of people was beginning to annoy me - with small hints and the giving out of small dots requiring each and everyone to spend time connecting all the dots (i.e. who is pirate on this picture). It is this kind of behaviour that I don't find particularly professional.
Now imagine a group of people claiming that anyone that did meet pirate will somehow be responsible for pirate's actions, simply because the person(s) met him and now you can understand why some people are intentionally vague as to their meeting of pirate. They don't want to deal with the BS.
Wow, you are taking those idiots seriously? Just let me state that in no way would make you responsible for any of Pirate his actions. Was that actually unclear for anyone? People that state such things have completely lost any connection to the actual world.
I get that, the important bit is the "They don't want to deal with the BS." Regardless if its even remotely accurate or not, people continue to spew tons of crap, completely unrestrained.