I concur with the info here.Been a coop member for years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jodi Waldman Menard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: CS>Re: Dr. Jon & Stephen Fason
> After reading Dr. Jon's website yesterday, I have to agree with you > Terry. He doesn't claim to be a doctor. He claims to be a "retired > oncology researcher". The first I ever heard of Stephen Fason was here > at this site: > > http://ourhealthcoop.com > > I ordered from them and found them very reputable. In fact, their > supplements are of very high quality and the least expensive around > (except for maybe Wal-Mart). They even give them away to the poor. The > only similarity I see between Stephen Fason and Dr. Jon is this quirky > "cat" marketing thing that Dr. Jon has describing his Alternative > Medicine email list on Yahoo, and Fason has going on throughout his > website. They also seem to live in the same area. But Dr. Jon is > supposedly in his 70s and you can see from the pictures of Stephen Fason > that he is a much younger man. There's also an interview with Fason you > can read to see that their personalities are nothing alike. > > http://www.ourhealthcoop.com/about_us_COO_Perspective.html > > If they truly are one and the same person - well then, maybe he has > Multiple Personality Disorder or something <smile>. Other than that, Dr. > Jon seems completely harmless and even good-hearted. He certainly tries > to help people. And he doesn't deserve to be slandered and bad-mouthed > for that. I didn't have time to read the articles on Fason though. Did > anyone else get to? If so, please let us know if those articles state > that Fason and Dr. Jon are one and the same person and if they provide > any evidence of that. It seems to me that this is just someone's > opinion and a mistaken one at that. Thanks. > > Jodi > > [email protected] wrote on 4/5/2004, 5:41 AM: > > > > > Subject: CS>Dr. Jon Brooks > > Date: 4/4/2004, 12:24 PM > > From: Terry Chamberlin <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > > > 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 > -- > Jodi Waldman Menard > Stoan Enterprises, Inc. > > > > > -- > 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]> >
