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I can vouch for Don Berns as we've been acquainted for several years. He's a fine person who's lived with PD for many many years. As Dr. Robert Iacono's first bilateral pallidotomy patient, Don, a minister, has devoted endless hours in comforting and assisting PD patients. While I discounted the message Don posted as being another scam, his INTENTION appeared - upon reading what he wrote a coupla times - to be an attempt of his to turn an online negative into an online PARKINSON'S positive by raising funds for PD. Personally, I don't believe that this is the right vehicle for Parkinson's fund raising because it emulates the scam so closely, and even makes it seem legitimate, which it's not - EVEN if it's for a PD-related purpose. I trust Don's MOTIVE and his desire to do anything in his power to hasten the discovery of cure for Parkinson's... He just needs to find another tool to do so. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Mary Sheehan Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 10:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Attached chain-mail letter Jim, I also got the chain-mail letter. Don Bern says he has been on the list for 5 years. Does anyone recall seeing his postings? The following is my reply to Don, which pretty much sums up my feelings about such "fund raising" plan. << Sorry, I can't participate. This scheme, in my opinion, is a blatant pyramid plan. I'm sure you know that pyramids are illegal. Even though you say that enclosing a note saying, "put me on your mailing list", makes it legal, you must see that you are going against the intent of the law. I would consider it unethical to participate, much less ask six of my friends to get involved. I think you should rethink your participation in this scam.>> If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Mary, 59 DX 2 yrs,