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1 rainforests are is likely to be the same as what
2 campaigners are putting over, so .....
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I cannot see that myself. As a matter of
5 interest, it appears in the Concise Oxford Dictionary
6 without any Latin or scientific definition, described in
7 ordinary English words.
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9 MS. STEEL: Yes, but it is just that most people probably would
10 not have had any reason to come across the word unless they
11 were people who particularly liked reading dictionaries
12 until the campaign started so that is.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You can put this argument to me in due
15 course, but at the moment I cannot see that it admits of
16 evidence from the witness box as to what it means, save in
17 so far as it is necessary for a witness to say: "When
18 I say 'rainforest' I mean this", so that I can understand
19 the witness' evidence.
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21 MR. MORRIS: Shall I read the statement of George ------
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, then Mr. Rampton can go.
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25 MR. RAMPTON: I am grateful.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are going to start with Georg Haneka, are
28 you?
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30 MR. MORRIS: Yes. It is a statement of -- can I read the
31 English translation that is typed and signed by him behind
32 it?
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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36 MR. MORRIS: Georg Haneka of Bielefeld ---
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Sit down while you read if it is easier, but
39 keep your voice up.
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41 MR. MORRIS: -- Germany, 10th February 1993: "To Dave Morris,
42 London Greenpeace: Herewith I, Georg Haneka, born on the
43 5th February 1962, notify that on 18th May 1990 in
44 Rosenheim/Bavaria the former assistant director of the firm
45 Sudfleisch, the only sub-supplier of McDonald's, Germany,
46 Mr. Schentz, confirmed in the course of a panel discussion
47 that especially milkers, which during their lives are fed
48 also with soya products, are used for the meat consumption
49 at McDonald's. Mr. Schentz further on said, that
50 McDonald's is not able to tell the exact origin of the cows
51 which subsequently come to his firm for the processing.
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53 "I myself also took part as a speaker in this panel
54 discussion. Respectfully yours, Georg Haneka", and his
55 signature.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Who do you want to read next?
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59 MR. MORRIS: Just checking whether the statement of Francis
60 Wirtz which only verifies that he received a letter from
