11-01-2012, 09:51 AM
Jack, I think the other way of looking at it, is to say, that there is no one type, they don't wear special arm-bands: we have to accept that anyone can turn out to be like that.
My brother had a friend in the RAF who turned out to be like it. He always seemed a decent chap, quietish. Later on, he confided to my brother that his next-door neighbour had caught him photographing his kids, and confronted him. He confessed, and said it had just come over him. I don't know the rest of his story, as the old comrades-in-arms ceased to be mates, as you can imagine.
I do think that some kids have better radar than others. Two of my sons wen to some sort of club. The bloke that ran it suggested that they go to his home for Bible study. One just refused; the other was dying to go. The bloke had the nerve to come round to the house to try to talk me into it. I forget my exact words, but they were unrepeatable, even here.
During my working life, where possible, as it was case-work, I used to have one of the women sit in on some interviews, for no other reason than to get their gut reaction. Many times some bloke would talk away, I would think he seemed quite reasonable, but in the briefing afterwards, they would without hesitation go ''Ugh, he's creepy Ted''. They would have been handy around Broadcasting House...
Interesting that your brother sensed it before all this. I have not met anyone else who makes the claim, though I daresay as time goes by, they will be legion, like all those people who were in the SAS or with the Krays, mate...
My brother had a friend in the RAF who turned out to be like it. He always seemed a decent chap, quietish. Later on, he confided to my brother that his next-door neighbour had caught him photographing his kids, and confronted him. He confessed, and said it had just come over him. I don't know the rest of his story, as the old comrades-in-arms ceased to be mates, as you can imagine.
I do think that some kids have better radar than others. Two of my sons wen to some sort of club. The bloke that ran it suggested that they go to his home for Bible study. One just refused; the other was dying to go. The bloke had the nerve to come round to the house to try to talk me into it. I forget my exact words, but they were unrepeatable, even here.
During my working life, where possible, as it was case-work, I used to have one of the women sit in on some interviews, for no other reason than to get their gut reaction. Many times some bloke would talk away, I would think he seemed quite reasonable, but in the briefing afterwards, they would without hesitation go ''Ugh, he's creepy Ted''. They would have been handy around Broadcasting House...
Interesting that your brother sensed it before all this. I have not met anyone else who makes the claim, though I daresay as time goes by, they will be legion, like all those people who were in the SAS or with the Krays, mate...