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Special note: Response to "Lisa" Cohen

June 20, 2002 -- It's difficult to write this without laughing. Rob Cohen has today put out a release signed by his wife claiming that in the response I wrote (below) to Cohen's nonsense yesterday, I instructed people to write to Cohen's wife rather than to him. (Here is a link to "Lisa's" letter.)

This is hilarious.

Robert Cohen each day sends out emails from the email address notmilk@earthlink.net. For example, here is how he sent out an email yesterday in which he was critical of Dr. John McDougall and me:

Like the email newsletter above which Cohen sent yesterday, Cohen's daily drivel comes from the email address notmilk@earthlink.net

In Cohen's same email yesterday, entitled "Double Standard," Cohen exhorted his readers to write to me, and listed my own email address:

Today Cohen has composed a letter, signed by his wife, Lisa, and claiming that I told people (in my article below) to write to his wife, Lisa, rather than to him. Of course this is ridiculous since the email address I list below is the same one Cohen uses to publish his daily drivel -- the notmilk@earthink.net address.

Cohen claims I supposedly knew this is his wife's address, but that's nonsense, even if in fact I did exchange an email with her a year ago (it's possible, but I sure don't recall). In any event, the emails Cohen sends out on his yahoogroups list under this email address are signed by him, not his wife. Cohen insults his readers' intelligence by trying to hide behind the idea that someone is out of line writing back to him at the same address he uses when he writes something to me, and continues to use.

Will Cohen issue an apology for his error? Not likely. That's what decent people do. If Cohen had the capacity to admit mistakes and try to improve himself, he wouldn't be the pariah that he's become.

In truth, Cohen has many email addresses, and regularly uses AOL addresses to harass people, including EarthSave employees. It's become a game. People block Cohen's email address when he harasses them, he just gets a new one and continues the harassment.

The bottom line? Cohen has raised a nonsense issue in order to try to dodge the issues I raised below. He's tried to change the subject with some ridiculous smokescreen that it's okay for him to send emails to people using "his wife's" email address, but it's not okay to write him back at it.

The guy needs help. He *is* a funny person in a sick sort of way, but he needs help. He's shockingly disturbed.

Following is the column I wrote yesterday which Cohen complains about through his wife, but of course doesn't respond to.

What did you get your degree in, Rob? Where is it from and what year? It appears someone lied about your degree to Amazon.com. Before telling someone else they have a particular degree, they should first check with a college to see if it actually offers the degree they claim to have gotten there...

Response to Cohen's 6/19/02 Drivel
by Jeff Nelson

June 19, 2002 -- It is predictible that Robert Cohen has once again been reduced to deception and dissembling in a desperate attempt to shore up his rightfully sagging reputation.

As an example, today Cohen put out a release on his mail list deceitfully altering the point I made about Cohen's promotion of the work of vivisectionist Joanne Tobacman. In fact, as one can see from reading the article in question (linked here), the point I made was about Cohen's hypocrisy.

I was motivated to expose Cohen's hypocrisy because of his prior spurious attacks on John Robbins in which Cohen asserted Robbins is a "supporter of vivisection" because Robbins alluded to an animal study in one of his books (just as Cohen himself, and McDougall, Lyman, Marcus, Campbell and many other vegans have done in their own books, though Cohen didn't feel inclined to attack those individuals -- yet).

So Cohen had attacked John Robbins for mentioning an animal study, then a couple weeks later was himself pointing to animal studies in his daily twaddle in order to try to sell his soymilk maker.

Cohen asserted to his audience today that unless I decry anyone who mentions animal studies, I have a "double standard." But this is just Cohen's latest deception: I would only be guilty of having a double standard if I failed to point out others in the vegetarian arena who are ridiculous buffoons and hypocrites -- like Cohen.