Hi Terry, I applaud your defense of Jon Brooks. I just finished a fascinating journey of his Site and found many very interesting topics; particularly his Colloidal Silver-Miracle or Fraud article. I have avidly searched for new (to me) CS info and found several tidbits that I copied and plan to contemplate. In the introduction that told about Dr. Jon and his 2 1/2hr visit as TV Show host, it did introduce him as "physician, scientist, humorist & curmudgeon". Like you, I found nothing way-out that would lead anyone to say anything unkind about him. Even if he has had a shady past, if he has turned over a new leaf, WE are supposed to Forgive him.
Best regards, Richard Harris, 56 yr FL Pharmacist -----Original Message----- From: Terry Chamberlin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:24 PM To: [email protected] 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 -- 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]>
