Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 67


     
     1        living.  Why is that quote in this book?
     2        A.  It is not a book about the virtues of vegetarian
     3        living.  It is the first attempt to write an encyclopaedia
     4        of vegetarianism.
     5
     6   Q.   Why is it in this book?
     7        A.  I do not think you fully understand -- well, if you do
     8        not understand the purpose of the book perhaps you do not
     9        understand why certain things have been included here.
    10
    11   Q.   Please tell us why it is in the book?
    12        A.  I need to see my own copy of the book, because you
    13        have taken this out of context.
    14
    15   Q.   Perhaps Mr. Morris would not mind handing you up his copy?
    16        A.  I have my own copy actually. Can I draw your
    17        attention, please, to the beginning of the chapter?
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest you do, Mr. Cox, is to say
    20        succinctly, if you can, why that is there, what the point
    21        of it is, then by all means refer us to any other part of
    22        the book you want to in order to elaborate?
    23        A.  Right.
    24
    25   Q.   What is the point you are seeking to make in the part
    26        which Mr. Rampton has asked you about?
    27        A.  I am not really seeking to make a point there really.
    28        What this that chapter is about or the section within part
    29        2 which is called "Everything you wanted to know but did
    30        not know where to ask" and subtitle is: "Question,
    31        Questions, Questions.  When you are making the transition
    32        to meat-free feeding everything can suddenly seem pretty
    33        perplexing.  Well, here are the answers."  What I intended
    34        to do in this part was to interview as many people as
    35        possible, a wide variety of people as possible, to see
    36        what problems they had, to see what solutions they came up
    37        with.  There are some things that people have said here
    38        that I agree with, some that I disagree with, but I think
    39        it is important, because, you know, vegetarianism does not
    40        belong to one particular person.  I think it is very
    41        important to have evidence from as many people, not
    42        evidence but the case histories of as many people as
    43        possible.
    44
    45        If you sort of point the finger at these few lines,
    46        I would say really the only interesting thing here is the
    47        subheading which says "Set a Shining Example".  The rest
    48        of the section there which you have not copied I do think,
    49        it goes over to page 37, deals with children and how to
    50        overcome one or two problems people sometimes have with 
    51        children.  These are social matters, social issues.  It is 
    52        a long way from nutrition.  It is not in the nutrition 
    53        section.
    54
    55   MR. RAMPTON:  I agree it is not in the nutrition section.  Can
    56        you turn, and I am going backwards, back to page 4,
    57        Mr. Cox?
    58        A.  Yes.
    59
    60   Q.   In the left-hand column page 4 beside the table:   "Why

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