Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 61
1 MR. MORRIS: No, there are other changes in that section.
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3 MS. STEEL: As Mr. Morris has said, there are minor changes in
4 that section and the only other change in terms of what was
5 originally there is,"In what way are McDonald's
6 responsible for torture and murder" has been changed
7 to, "In what way are McDonald's responsible for the
8 slaughtering and butchering of animals".
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10 MR. MORRIS: That is the only the heading has changed so far as
11 I can see.
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13 MS. STEEL: It looks like the cartoons have been moved round but
14 they are still all there.
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16 MR. MORRIS: I think the heading "Mctorture" has disappeared as
17 well.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, it is really the rainforest part.
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21 MR. MORRIS: That is the evidence being changed in the text.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: And the slaughtering and butchering of
24 animals.
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26 MR. MORRIS: In the headlines.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: And then there is the box relating to "not so
29 ozone friendly".
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31 MR. MORRIS: That is an addition, yes.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Those are the 3 essential changes, are they?
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35 MS. STEEL: Yes, I think so.
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37 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am going to put that at the end of tab 208
40 in due course. Do you want to ask some questions about
41 that and then we will have the break.
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43 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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45 You see, Mr. Preston, it is a fact that this leaflet
46 printed by Veggies, the London Greenpeace fact sheet in
47 almost its entirety has been distributed by Veggies, and
48 that, I think I have got it in my own statement that I was
49 aware of the legal dispute that McDonald's had with Veggies
50 at the time and that McDonald's only made complaint
51 effectively over one section plus the words "torture and
52 murder".
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54 So, bearing that in mind, what possible justification can
55 you give in order to justify the attack in your press
56 statements and your leaflet that you made just before the
57 trial started that we were circulating lies?
58 A. I think the leaflet speaks for itself. There may be
59 some alterations from one to the other, but the text has
60 not changed one bit.
