I honestly wouldn't know. I keep my nose out of any feuds/hate talk on any tracker I'm on. It's worthless, considering no party will ever act civilized. For example, a mate and I have a disagreement, we go drink a beer while talking it out. You have a disagreement on a Torrent forum and you get a picture of the special olympics posted, with a bunch of idiots replying with "^This".
This isn't so much a sense of elitism once they move on, as it is more being reputation-whipped. They think that by sticking to their roots, people will think less/more of them. It's just like all those stories people hear about random people trying to forget about their past and move on with their lives. No matter what it will haunt them, and no matter what, nature beats nurture. Those people are hypocrites if they truly believe that "reforming" from bad behavior is possible, given ANY amount of time. Given the right price, they'll sell anyone and anything they know to get their "ends" the way they always did.
On the flip side of the coin, I'd more than gladly post my name that I use on all of the trackers I use if you think I'm hiding behind the veil of anonymity and acting so mighty. To be honest, compared to the "torrenting legends" on here, I'm a nobody, actually, compared to just about anyone. That doesn't mean my opinion is worthless, though (not saying you implied it, just saying that I don't need to be a known someone in order to hold a valid opinion).