Day 006 - 05 Jul 94 - Page 37


     
     1        seriously?
              A.  He can air his view.
     2
         Q.   But would you take it seriously?
     3        A.  It depends what it was.
 
     4   Q.   In other words, if it agreed with you, you would take it
              seriously but not if- if he said ----
     5        A.  Well, you are asking me to comment on something
              totally hypothetical. It is impossible.
     6
         Q.   I am asking if you would take his views seriously?
     7        A.  I said yes.
 
     8   Q.   About the effect on children.  Are you aware that the
              original ronald mcdonald in America was Jeffery Juliano?
     9        A.  It may very well well have been. I do not know his
              name. The one I am most familiar with gentleman named
    10         "AJ", but I never knew the first gentleman at all.
 
    11   Q.   Let assume for the sake of argument that throughout the
              whole of 80s in America there was a ronald mcdonald
    12        company representative called Jeffery Juliano who
              portrayed him. Are you aware that he made a statement when
    13        he left the employment, he quit the position after ten
              years, are you aware that he made a statement basically
    14        criticising the role he had been put in?
              A.  I am not aware of Mr. Juliano.
    15
         Q.   You may remember it: "I brainwashed youngsters into doing
    16        wrong. I want to say sorry do children everywhere for
              selling out to concerns who make millions by murdering
    17        animals."   Do you remember this statement?
              A.  No, I do not.
    18
         Q.   Do you not take note of controversies involving the
    19        company?
              A.  Sure I do.
    20
         Q.   You have never heard that statement before?
    21        A.  Well, I told you I do not know Jeffery- what is it,
              Juliano? I have never met him, I do not know him.  Not all
    22        that happens around McDonald's crosses every border; it
              may very well have been something dealt with in the United
    23        States. I was not party to any of it. I am sorry.
 
    24   Q.   Right.  If the original ronald mcdonald in country had
              been working for ten years and then quit and said that
    25        statement, would you be aware of it?
              A.  Then it would be my issue. 
    26 
         Q.   On advertising, your corporation spends over a billion 
    27        dollars, does it not, on advertising every year?
 
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are you asking about the parent corporation
              or the ----
    29
         MR. MORRIS:  The McDonald's system, I believe it is called; the
    30        overall McDonald's system- would you say that is a fair
              figure?

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