----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Chamberlin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: CS>Dr. Jon Brooks
> I went to Jon Brooks website - http://www.cat007.com > and explored it thoroughly. Nowhere did I find any > claims that he was a medical doctor. If he got a "Dr." > in another field, or even through a mail-order course, > I don't know. > > But the article villifying him by Chet Day used > techniques similar to those by Stephen Barret or any > other anti-holistic writer. > > Much of what is on Brooks site is, in my opinion, > legitimate. Although he uses marketing techniques I > would not feel comfortable using - flamboyant phrases, > over-stating benefits, lots of exclamation points - > this does not, in my opinion, invalidate everything he > says and does, nor does it define him as a con-artist, > bent on rooking his victims. > > Some of the claims made by folks on this list > concerning CS sound sometimes like what Jon Brooks > claims. I have made some of these claims myself > (Overnight Recoveries! Amazing Disappearing > Infections! Dying Pets Becoming Frisky!) Hey, we have > actually experienced these kind of things. Why do we > go out of our way to look for bad in others? > > Yes, in fact, "Dr." Jon Brooks may not be all that he > appears. I don't know. But until I do know, from > evidence, not slander, I find much on his site that is > valid and beneficial to others. The fact that the IRS > and Federal marshals stormed his house is actually a > point in his favor - in my opinion - not evidence of > his rascalness. Great Scott, don't we all know of very > genuine heroes of the holistic world who have had the > same thing happen to them? Didn't Hulda Clark have > something like that happen to her? Hey, maybe Jon > Brooks has more going for him than we realize, if he > is being attacked by "the powers that be" like that? > > Anyway, my concern is about how quickly and easily we > form an opinion about others based on, essentially, > hearsay. Yes, Jon Brooks may be an outright crook, a > con-artist supreme, but I have not seen enough to > bring me to that conclusion. > > That's my whole two cents on this topic. > > Terry Chamberlin Terry, I will tell you a bit of what I know and then let the matter drop. I have no personal bone to pick with the man. Dr. Jon's website has been cleaned up quite a bit since it was first posted on the internet. "Dr. Jon," aka Steward Fason, claimed to be a retired oncologist, which isn't true. He claimed to have medical credentials which he didn't have. He gave a false name, which people didn't know. He sold supplements at low cost, but there were many people who never received product. He also encouraged people to contribute to a fund that was supposed to be used to supply supplements to the less solvent. Most of the time, those in need never got their supplements. There was also land bought, presumably as a home for children in need, with a couple relocating from another state to work for him in jobs that never panned out: the "home" was bogus. The people who were instrumental in providing the government with the information they needed to arrest "Dr. Jon" were folks who used to post frequently on a couple of the health lists I'm on. I know these whistleblowers personally. They are honest, reputable, intelligent people in the healing arts. They weren't interested in slandering anyone. They wanted to see this guy stop scamming people. That's all in the past. The whistleblowers told law enforcement folks what needed to be known, and have moved on. Nenah -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
