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.
     5
     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.
    21
    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 ----
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can I not draw my own conclusions about
    30        that?
    31
    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. 
    52 
    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?
    57
    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

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