Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 76
1 paleolithic information. Can I ask you this, Mr. Cox --
2 I have only one more question -- am I quite wrong to
3 suppose that your devotion to vegetarianism springs not
4 mainly from a concern for the health of human beings but
5 from a concern for the welfare of animals?
6 A. You are quite wrong to assume to that, of course, yes.
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8 Q. I am wrong?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. Though you write that the essence of vegetarianism is
12 concern for animals?
13 A. No, I did not write that. If you refer to my book,
14 you must quote me accurately.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: They are not necessarily mutually
17 inconsistent, are they?
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19 MR. RAMPTON: No, the "absolute refusal to eat another
20 creature"?
21 A. Yes, "absolute refusal to eat another creature".
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23 Q. I am sorry, I do not know. You cannot eat another
24 creature unless you keep it and kill it first, can you?
25 A. That is the definition of vegetarianism, so .....
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27 Q. The welfare of other creatures including, I take it,
28 animals?
29 A. Vegetarianism is defined as the refusal to eat another
30 creature. It is as simple as that. There are a number of
31 benefits that accrue from it but ......
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33 Q. If I were to suggest at the end of this case that your
34 evidence about nutrition and your perceived hostility to
35 McDonald's is based, or is the product of a very large
36 rusty axe which you are grinding on behalf of animals,
37 I would be quite wrong, would I not?
38 A. You would be, yes.
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40 Q. One final question, Mr. Cox, is this: You propose that
41 the convention of providing saturated or the fat content,
42 saturated fat or fat content, of a piece of food simply in
43 grammes is not helpful?
44 A. It would be much more helpful to express it in terms
45 of percentage of calories.
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47 Q. Percentage of calories of what, provided by what?
48 A. Fat and saturated fat.
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50 Q. No. Percentage of the calories provided by what?
51 A. By food.
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53 Q. By the piece of food?
54 A. By the food or the meal.
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56 Q. How does that help?
57 A. By the food or the meal.
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59 Q. What matters to a person is to know what his daily energy
60 requirement or weekly energy requirement is expressed in
