Ah, Craigslist. Once a place to sell an old computer or buy stacks of vintage Playboys, it has evolved it far more than that, and now you can find a little boom boom, a place to rant or even 55 yards of bamboo that you have to dig out yourself.
One time, a friend and I were bored, and posted an ad in Craigslist just to see who would respond. It was in the adult section. We asked for someone to come um, ready for action, but dressed as a clown. And he needed to bring cake. Within seconds, we had 30 responses – 10 who already owned clown costumes.
I bring this up because today 43-year-old Brian Dean Miller will be arraigned in Dallas for allegedly making threats against President Obama on Craigslist. Not content to threaten to assassinate the president, he later said, “Knocking on my door would be the last mistake a Secret Service agent would ever make. But, feel free to notify them if it helps you sleep better tonight.”
To me, Craigslist is kind of a lackluster place to make a death threat. But it is free, so there’s that.
