Back in the day, one would have to cut out letters from numerous magazines, get out the glue, pull out a sheet of paper, piece together an acceptably terrifying missive threatening grave harm, wait to dry, and then send it by mail. Tis a lost art. Now with Twitter, any old nutjobs with spontaneous urges to wish death upon a perfect stranger are far too easy to make. Take, for example, @RIP_FreeLaddin who had his Twitter account disabled after sending 49ers placekicker David Akers the following life-threatening tweet.
“YOU FAGGOT IF YOU MISS ONE MORE FIELD GOAL YOU ABOUT TO GET YOUR ENTIRE LIFE ENDED."
Charmed.
In response, Akers deleted his account (@DavidAkers2). Understandable. Also, according to a 49ers spokesman, via SFGate, "if the team or player feels there is a credible threat being made, the team will alert the proper authorities, which includes a local NFL security representative. ... There is no indication the 49ers or Akers believe Wednesday night’s threat is credible."
