Boss: I’d rather employ a paedo than a veteran

[jimmy olsen]

Looks like Marty moved to Britain after all, and he's already made management!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2893828/Ranting-Karl-Winn-Id-rather-employ-a-paedo-than-a-hero.html

Boss: I'd rather employ a paedo than a hero

By JOHN COLES

Published: 16 Mar 2010
A RANTING company boss has caused outrage by claiming that he would rather employ a PAEDOPHILE than one of our brave troops.

Karl Winn, 60, said he would "recruit ex-drug dealers, convicts and child molesters" instead of former servicemen or women.

When The Sun confronted Winn yesterday he said he did not regret his actions - and would continue his "blanket ban" on heroes.

Forces Recruitment Services - which help find jobs for former military personnel back in Civvy Street - had emailed Winn inviting him to consider taking on ex-servicemen and women at the Webeurope net design company he runs in Taunton, Somerset.

Winn, a former social worker, wrote back: "Personally, I'd rather recruit ex-drug dealers, convicts and even child molesters rather than consider anybody who has been in the pay of the British Government.

British soldiers
Heroes ... troops in Afghanistan

"Anybody who has been in the pay of such a military force, and by their silence and complicity has condoned such illegal and immoral actions while accepting a monthly blood-stained pay-packet, certainly will not be considered for employment by us!

"Please remove us from your email list. Regards, Karl."

Winn tried to deny he wrote the email when The Sun first challenged him. He blamed a "disgruntled" worker he sacked, who had managed to hack into his personal email.

But confronted by further emails between him and the FRS he caved in and admitted he had written them - but refused to apologise.

Winn, who employs 16 people, agreed that his views were "a bit over the top" - but continued: "I don't regret saying it at all.

"Even if it costs me money I'll still stand up for what I believe in."

He shook and chain-smoked as he then tried to justify his twisted beliefs, saying: "If you have a paedophile, at least he goes to court and is seen to be accountable for what he's done. That's why I made a reference."

After our reporter left, Winn told his staff to remove all the corporate signs from outside their office.

But his comments have incensed those who support our military. Graham Brown, managing director of FRS, told Winn in an email exchange he was "absolutely staggered" and that his views "simply beggar belief".

He added: "I wonder if the Royal Marine detachment based in Taunton would share your belief."

Winn's office is a couple of miles from the HQ of 40 Commando, who have lost comrades in Afghanistan. Sam McEwan, who works for a leading ex-troop recruitment firm, said: "A lot of people in the business have seen this email and are enraged by it.

"Our servicemen and women continue to lose their lives so that we are free to express our beliefs."

Winn, who lives alone outside Taunton, later issued a "statement" to The Sun seeking to explain himself.

He said: "Ex-paedophiles and drug addicts who have been charged and paid the price for their actions deserve a chance to get on with their lives. In my opinion, military personnel who have got away with murder do not.

"I will therefore continue with my blanket ban on employing ex-military personnel. I understand this will affect innocent as well as guilty people."

[Admiral Yi]

The Marty crack doesn't work.  He thinks soldiers are stupid and useless, not guilty of murder.

[Martinus]

Can we have a blanket ban on Tim quoting the UK tabloids? This is unbearable.

[Martinus]

And while I am at it, I hope you have a cancer relapse, you miserable piece of shit excuse for a human being. Die pls.

[Viking]

Winn, a former social worker, wrote back: "Personally, I'd rather recruit ex-drug dealers, convicts and even child molesters rather than consider anybody who has been in the pay of the British Government.

So he wouldn't hire himself then?

[The Brain]

Winn, a former social worker, wrote back: "Personally, I'd rather recruit ex-drug dealers, convicts and even child molesters rather than consider anybody who has been in the pay of the British Government.

So he wouldn't hire himself then?

Would you?

[Neil]

Can we have a blanket ban on Tim quoting the UK tabloids? This is unbearable.

No.  And Tim is better than you are, so watch your mouth.

[Faeelin]

For some reason I thought this would be about the Catholic Church.

[DGuller]

Sounds like he wants to give people a second chance.  What wrong with that?

[Berkut]

Sounds like he wants to give people a second chance.  What wrong with that?

People, by an large, don't really deserve second chances. Mostly they just screw them up, usually in the exact same way they screwed up their first chance.

[The Brain]

Sounds like he wants to give people a second chance.  What wrong with that?

People, by an large, don't really deserve second chances. Mostly they just screw them up, usually in the exact same way they screwed up their first chance.

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[Caliga]

FOR THE RECORD:  I 'unofficially' give *preference* to veterans.  They are far more likely to be good employees in my experience.  Also, for the record, I do not hire convicted sex offenders.

[The Larch]

The writing on that article is so jingoistic that it has gone to colonize Rhodesia again.

[Ed Anger]

FOR THE RECORD:  I 'unofficially' give *preference* to veterans.  They are far more likely to be good employees in my experience.  Also, for the record, I do not hire convicted sex offenders.

Good man. 

I love vets. And although I can't ask about dishonorable discharges, if I find out one has one they won't be sticking around.

[Razgovory]

The writing on that article is so jingoistic that it has gone to colonize Rhodesia again.

That's a actually a good idea.