Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 49


     
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     2   Q.   You have talked about how all the publication bundles with
     3        copies of leaflets from around the world?
     4        A.  They were part of the decision, yes.  They were part of
     5        it.  They were not all of it.
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     7   Q.   No, but the point is that not all of those were initiated
     8        by London Greenpeace?
     9        A.  I think most of them are close enough of a lift to
    10        think there is an intense relationship.  The greatest
    11        catalyst for me in going forward were the aims and
    12        objectives of the organisation published by yourselves.
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    14   Q.   Yes I think we have covered that several times. You had
    15        been criticised, certainly about rainforests, for example,
    16        in the very early 1980s, and even the late 1970s, by Dr.
    17        Normal Myers amongst other people?
    18        A.  Yes.  He got it wrong.
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    20   Q.   So you say. There were many other groups criticising you
    21        before London Greenpeace produced the fact sheet which is
    22        the subject of this action?
    23        A.  Could be, yes.
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    25   Q.   There are other criticisms.  For example, the one you
    26        mentioned before about McDonald's giving money to Noraid
    27        which does not stem from London Greenpeace, does it?
    28        A.  Well, we know where that stems from.
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    30   Q.   It does not stem from London Greenpeace, does it?
    31        A.  I do not know if you are involved in it or not in some
    32        way, shape or form, but it did not stem from you initially,
    33        no.
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    35   Q.   And you have been criticised by nutritionists before the
    36        London Greenpeace fact sheet was produced?
    37        A.  Yes, sure.
    38
    39   Q.   And trade unionists?
    40        A.  Sure.
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    42   Q.   And environmentalists conservationists and animal welfare
    43        people in general?
    44        A.  Sure.
    45
    46   Q.   There are still many other groups and individuals who have
    47        made their own criticisms of McDonald's that are not made
    48        in the fact sheet which is the subject of this action and
    49        they are still criticising the Company?
    50        A.  I am sure there will be some in the future.  I do not 
    51        deny people's right to make comment about McDonald's that 
    52        is truthful at all. 
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    54   Q.   I think when you gave evidence-in-chief or else, if not,
    55        then when we were cross-examining you in June 1994, you
    56        said that you did not consider that any parts of the fact
    57        sheet were worse than others, that it was all pretty bad or
    58        something?
    59        A.  I think it is terrible.
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