NewStuff said:
In the case of Chris Binding/Cap'n Chris, it's was "Smiley Alan" where he passed himself off as a user challenged by dyslexia or similar disability, until he was outed.
Pretty much spot one, and it was a fair cop. It was great fun while it lasted and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and have zero regrets, sorry about that. ;-)
In my defence I would like to add that it's very difficult to have a consistent stance/opinion on this forum from a single account especially when wearing as many hats as I once used to (and mostly still do), namely: conservationist, sports caver, professional caver, landowner/ACB, regional council member (erstwhile secretary, conservation & access officer and training officer - over 10+ years), obsessive digger, BCA trainer/assessor, erstwhile moderator, ACI member, expedition caver, LAP Member, film-maker, BCA Training Committee member, BCA C&A Committee co-opted member, club caver (3-5 clubs depending on year), technical adviser, writer, top poster here (yay, still No.1!) .... and non-compliant awkward free-thinking sod. There's more, but that's enough to get the gist.
The secondary account (ironically) facilitated a degree of lessened schizophrenia which enabled free-er input on controversial topics while also tipping a wink at a smiley person I unfortunately know called Alan, who features as a pathologically unsmiley curmudgeon (hence the coffee-choking hilarity of the name), but now people just have to work out which persona's perspective I'm writing from. C'est la vie. It's complicated, man.
We aspire to continue being legion and complex. Thank you NewStuff for the timely prompt/opportunity to blow my trumpet. Cheers.
Everyone will need to raise their game and keep up. Multiple earnestly held differing opinions from a single source can be confusing. Get used to it.