Day 248 - 13 May 96 - Page 10
1 Q. So, you are happy to include inaccurate material in your
2 official documentation?
3 A. I do not know the circumstances of why they did what
4 they did.
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6 Q. Do you have a problem with recognising inaccurate material
7 put out by McDonald's?
8 A. No, I have no problem recognising it.
9
10 Q. But you could not recognise that when it was put to you
11 blatantly?
12 A. I had a look and I did not see that which was first
13 described. I concentrated on the empty grounds, the
14 buildings appearing, and again from my own experience,
15 having been on these sites knowing what happens within the
16 space of an hour and a half, that is a very real
17 circumstance.
18 Q. You accept that the photographs are inaccurate as regards
19 the timing?
20 A. I accept they could be, yes.
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22 Q. They could be; they are?
23 A. They could actually be closer together.
24
25 Q. Do you accept that they are inaccurate?
26 A. In terms of which piece? The fact that there were
27 no ----
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I not draw my own conclusions about
30 that?
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32 MR. MORRIS: The conclusion I am asking you, judge, to draw is
33 that you are incapable of recognising any inaccurate
34 material, statement or fact put out by the McDonald's
35 Corporation, or company, that you are President of?
36 A. No, that is ridiculous.
37
38 Q. Because you are completely 100 per cent biased and loyal to
39 the Company that pays your salary?
40 A. I am loyal, yes.
41
42 Q. And biased?
43 A. No. No, I think I can separate truth from fiction,
44 truth from stories.
45
46 Q. Just one question about your political associations as a
47 company.
48
49 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord. I am sorry, this has gone far
50 enough. I know that Mr. Morris has spent most of the last
51 2 years trying to politicise this trial.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But, no, where it takes me is another matter,
54 but the questions he has just asked are fair enough. Where
55 do we go on the politics? I mean, in relation to an issue
56 actually in the case?
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58 MR. MORRIS: We are alleging that the Company is motivated by
59 malice and motivated by profit above all else, and we are
60 entitled to question him about their political associations
