AP via Yahoo! News - School May Fire Professor for 9/11 Comment

Remember when I said that the Regents of Colorado University were going to call an emergency meeting to decide what to do with Ward Churchill? Well, that meeting took place last night, and here is what happened:

• Phil DiStefano, who carries the title of Interim Chancellor (would someone please explain to me what a university chancellor does?), is going to review the nutty professor's speeches and writings over the next thirty days to determine whether he has crossed the line. Obviously, academic freedom, even that of a lefty loudmouth like War Churchill, has its limits.
• The Regents, furthermore, have issued an official apology for the original nutty essay and all the other nuttiness that has poured out of that man's mouth and word processor in recent weeks.

Appallingly, Churchill had his defenders at that meeting, at least two of whom were arrested for creating a physical disruptive disturbance. Here's one of them. And here's another. What does it say about a college education today that anyone could make remarks such as those that Churchill made, and find support for them on campus? (And do any of these three realize that Osama bin Laden would probably have little patience for either War Churchill or his supporters? Muslims are not known for being especially sensitive to non-Arabs in the countries they conquer.)

Churchill has threatened to sue the university if he loses his job. That could be an interesting trial. All the defendants would have to do is introduce the Kill Surat into evidence--you know, the ones that say "Fight and slay the infidels& and so on.

To anticipate one obvious rejoinder: No, I do not condone the spraycanning of Churchill's pickup truck with swastikas.

1. He hasn't forfeited his property rights yet, and such vandalism is a violation of them.
2. He's not worth being called a Nazi, especially since the Nazis would be just as quick to toss him into the cooler as Osama bin Laden would be.
3. I would hate to think that any friend of freedom or of this country would dare risk identifying themselves with Nazis, if that was the point of the swastika symbols.
4. Last of all, if he is to be fired, or even if he is to be sent to prison, let all be done with due process of law and policy.