OK. I’ve got a lot of problems as a Dad but I’m definitely a better Dad than this guy.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
“Selling my kids on the Craigslist black market. I have two kids, two and one year old.”
That’s an excerpt from an actual Craigslist post written by Joshua Stagnitto, 24, a Brockport Rochester, N.Y. man who faces up to a year in prison or a fine of up to $1,000 for the incident.
In the ad, Stagnitto wrote that his children could be used as slaves or foot stools, but insists that he was joking. ”I thought it would be it would be funny if I put my kids on there because how more ridiculous can you possibly get,” he told CNN.
Apparently someone didn’t get the joke — or didn’t find it humorous. A child abuse hotline received a tip about Stagnitto and contacted the New York State police. He is being charged with “falsely reporting an incident,” which is a misdemeanor.
“It’s definitely not the best decision I could have made,” Stagnitto said.
So who knows if the guy was serious or not. But you can’t put something like that up there and then kinda’ sorta’ put a jokey kinda’ thing in there and then say “Oh, it was all a joke because I made a footstool joke.”
No matter what this was a really really bad decision. And while I don’t know if the dude was serious, something tells me that serious offers might have been considered.
April 28, 2010 at 2:08 am
Yeah, funny like a rubber crutch. Hope the wife is beating feet to the nearest divorce court, she's definetly got a strong case.
April 28, 2010 at 3:56 am
Rubber crutch. Okay, that was funny!
The Craigslist thing has been tried and found–to be serious. This isn't the first guy that's been in trouble for this issue. Doesn't he read the news? Nevermind.
April 28, 2010 at 4:07 am
very stupid joke, esp. considering the audience. Of course, he was joking. tacky and dumb, but joking. I'd look at his background/other offenses before I'd entertain the possibility that he wasn't joking. Any serious person could, actually, find a way to sell kids and not be arrested at the same time. poor taste and ignorance probably aren't criminal. Can't they wait to prosecute after proving he actually answered an ad?
April 28, 2010 at 1:44 pm
What a moron. But more importantly, can somebody please rescue those poor kids? 🙁
April 28, 2010 at 6:22 pm
My husband used to joke everytime we had a baby about how much someone would pay for such a fine baby. I always howeled in dismay and indignation, a perpetual straightman, and this was the response he wished for. It sort of got to be a standing joke.
But I think he would have had enough sense not to put this on Craigslist, had Craigslist existed then.
Susan Peterson
April 28, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Yeah, it's one thing to make such jokes privately. Making them public is just asking for trouble.