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?
