Roger Thorpe wrote:

The fact that he boasts about recklessly endangering the lives of others
does not make him "open and honest".

I've not read him "boast" about it, you'll have to ask him if he thinks
that it was a wise thing to do. I think that I know what his answer
might be.

He quite openly boasted about it here on uk.transport. He seemed to find
it very funny, and he had the perfect excuse "everyone does it". I've
never seen him utter a word of regret.

Reggie and Ronnie Kray liked everyone to know who they had had killed
and injured. By your argument above that makes them "open and honest".

No it doesn't, because my argument is based on the premise that he regrets
that action,

Very Christian. However I think that several Emperors had the right
attitude to Christian attitudes. And since I've never seen him utter a
word of regret and I have seen him boast about his continuing excessive
drinking, I don't see any sign of regret on the horizon.

but was prepared to confess it. Sadly a couple of
trolls here will continue to use it as a stick to beat him.

He deserves beating with something bigger than a stick. Can I send a
virtual pick-axe handle to his detractors?