Roger Wiseman used to post as himself. He used e-mail addresses with
his callsign as a part of them under both KC8JBO and AB8MQ. Several
years ago he began posting through anonymous remailers and more recently
through Google. He insists that he is not Roger Wiseman and refers to
himself in the third person. Why do you suppose that is? The answer
can be found in West Virginia's cyberstalking law, enacted in 2002:

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§61-3C-14a. Obscene, anonymous, harassing and threatening
communications by computer; penalty.


(a) It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to harass or abuse
another person, to use a computer to:
(1) Make contact with another without disclosing his or her identity
with the intent to harass or abuse;
(2) Make contact with a person after being requested by the person to
desist from contacting them;
(3) Threaten to commit a crime against any person or property; or
(4) Cause obscene material to be delivered or transmitted to a specific
person after being requested to desist from sending such material.
For purposes of this section, "obscene material" means material that:
(A) An average person, applying contemporary adult community standards,
would find, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest, is
intended to appeal to the prurient interest, or is pandered to a
prurient interest;
(B) An average person, applying contemporary adult community standards,
would find, depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexually
explicit conduct consisting of an ultimate sexual act, normal or
perverted, actual or simulated, an excretory function, masturbation,
lewd exhibition of the genitals, or sadomasochistic sexual abuse; and
(C) A reasonable person would find, taken as a whole, lacks literary,
artistic, political or scientific value.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly permit a computer under
his or her control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section.
(c) Any offense committed under this section may be determined to have
occurred at the place at which the contact originated or the place at
which the contact was received or intended to be received.
(d) Any person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars or confined in a county or regional jail not more
than six months, or both. For a second or subsequent offense, the person
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not more than one thousand dollars or confined in a county or regional
jail for not more than one year, or both.

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How many counts do you suppose Roger faces?

Dave K8MN