Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 61


     
     1   MR. MORRIS:  No, there are other changes in that section.
     2
     3   MS. STEEL:   As Mr. Morris has said, there are minor changes in
     4        that section and the only other change in terms of what was
     5        originally there is,"In  what way are McDonald's
     6        responsible for torture and murder" has been changed
     7        to, "In what way are McDonald's responsible for the
     8        slaughtering and butchering of animals".
     9
    10   MR. MORRIS:  That is the only the heading has changed so far as
    11        I can see.
    12
    13   MS. STEEL:  It looks like the cartoons have been moved round but
    14        they are still all there.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  I think the heading "Mctorture" has disappeared as
    17        well.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, it is really the rainforest part.
    20
    21   MR. MORRIS:  That is the evidence being changed in the text.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  And the slaughtering and butchering of
    24        animals.
    25
    26   MR. MORRIS:  In the headlines.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  And then there is the box relating to "not so
    29        ozone friendly".
    30
    31   MR. MORRIS:  That is an addition, yes.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Those are the 3 essential changes, are they?
    34
    35   MS. STEEL:   Yes, I think so.
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am going to put that at the end of tab 208
    40        in due course.  Do you want to ask some questions about
    41        that and then we will have the break.
    42
    43   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    44
    45        You see, Mr. Preston, it is a fact that this leaflet
    46        printed by Veggies, the London Greenpeace fact sheet in
    47        almost its entirety has been distributed by Veggies, and
    48        that, I think I have got it in my own statement that I was
    49        aware of the legal dispute that McDonald's had with Veggies
    50        at the time and that McDonald's only made complaint 
    51        effectively over one section plus the words "torture and 
    52        murder". 
    53
    54        So, bearing that in mind, what possible justification can
    55        you give in order to justify the attack in your press
    56        statements and your leaflet that you made just before the
    57        trial started that we were circulating lies?
    58        A.  I think the leaflet speaks for itself.  There may be
    59        some alterations from one to the other, but the text has
    60        not changed one bit.

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