Cyberstalking Hype

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/columns/0,4164,2577187,00.html

By Lewis Z. Koch Special To Inter@ctive Week
May 25, 2000 3:13 PM PT

'Common sense and some growing anecdotal evidence would tell you that
cyberstalking is a growing problem," said Associate Deputy Attorney
General John Bentivoglio, who handles cybercrime and cyberstalking
issues at the Department of Justice. That's when alarm bells went off
in my head.

More than three decades ago, on my third day as a cub reporter at
Chicago's City News Bureau, a hulking, menacing, slovenly city editor
named Arnold Dornfeld lumbered up to me and asked, "Does your mother
love ya, chum?"

"Yes," I responded eagerly.

"How d'ya know?"

I coughed nervously and mumbled, "Of course she does."

"Call her and check." I looked for a smile on his face. There was
none. Then he leaned in and said, "Call her or you're fired."

I quickly dialed my mother, asked the question, got a positive reply,
hung up and looked at Dornfeld. "She said she loves me."

Dornfeld looked deep into my eyes and said, without a shred of humor,
"Now you know."

Would that Bentivoglio had deigned to "call and check."

Is cyberstalking a plague, an international menace or a rare crime?

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