  Theories with infinite volume extra dimensions open exciting opportunities
for particle physics. We argued recently that along with attractive features
there are phenomenological difficulties in this class of models. In fact, there
is no graviton zero-mode in this case and 4D gravity is obtained by means of
continuum bulk modes. These modes have additional degrees of freedom which do
not decouple at low energies and lead to inconsistent predictions for light
bending and the precession of Mercury's perihelion. In a recent papers,
[hep-th/0003020] and [hep-th/0003045] the authors made use of brane bending in
order to cancel the unwanted physical polarization of gravitons. In this note
we point out that this mechanism does not solve the problem since it uses a
{\it ghost} which cancels the extra degrees of freedom. In order to have a
consistent model the ghost should be eliminated. As soon as this is done, 4D
gravity becomes unconventional and contradicts General Relativity. New
mechanisms are needed to cure these models. We also comment on the possible
decoupling of the ghost at large distances due to an apparent flat-5D nature of
space-time and on the link between the presence of ghosts and the violation of
positive-energy conditions.
