Colorado Prof Said 9/11 Victims Deserved to Die.
U. of Colo. to Weigh Prof's 9/11 Comments
Monday, January 31, 2005
DENVER — The University of Colorado's (search) regents have scheduled a special meeting to consider a professor's essay that said victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks deserved to die because they were a willing part of "the mighty engine of profit."
The essay by Ward Churchill (search), chairman of the ethnic studies department and a longtime Indian activist, was written in the aftermath of the attacks. Its contents became known when he was invited to speak at Hamilton College (search) in Syracuse, N.Y.
Some relatives of Sept. 11 victims have protested the college's decision to allow Churchill to speak on Thursday, the same day the Colorado regents will meet on the university's Fitzsimons campus.
CU Provost Phil DiStefano last week said Churchill's views do not represent the university, but he had a right to express them.
A critic, U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (search), R-Colo., said that because Churchill is tenured he apparently is immune from any sanctions by the university but should apologize. There was no answer at Churchill's office phone Sunday, and his private phone is not listed.
Following the attacks, Churchill wrote an essay, "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," that hailed the "gallant sacrifices" of the "combat teams" that struck America.
He said although the victims were civilians they were not innocent. He went on to describe the World Trade Center victims as "little Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf Eichmann (search), who organized Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's plan to exterminate Europe's Jews.
OK, I got a few questions.
First, how in the hell is this moron, Churchill still on tenure? Any other prof made these statements they would be canned and then sued? Why is this guy immune?
Second, what did the workers in The Towers and the passengers on the planes do to contribute to some great machine or engine? They weren't cogs you useless sack of crap! They were people, that died horribly! And maybe you should have gone with them. Trade 3000 people for some peyote smoking prof. Good trade, let him die not the rest.
Third, anyone else feel this guy should be deported?
Lemme know.
Monday, January 31, 2005
DENVER — The University of Colorado's (search) regents have scheduled a special meeting to consider a professor's essay that said victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks deserved to die because they were a willing part of "the mighty engine of profit."
The essay by Ward Churchill (search), chairman of the ethnic studies department and a longtime Indian activist, was written in the aftermath of the attacks. Its contents became known when he was invited to speak at Hamilton College (search) in Syracuse, N.Y.
Some relatives of Sept. 11 victims have protested the college's decision to allow Churchill to speak on Thursday, the same day the Colorado regents will meet on the university's Fitzsimons campus.
CU Provost Phil DiStefano last week said Churchill's views do not represent the university, but he had a right to express them.
A critic, U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (search), R-Colo., said that because Churchill is tenured he apparently is immune from any sanctions by the university but should apologize. There was no answer at Churchill's office phone Sunday, and his private phone is not listed.
Following the attacks, Churchill wrote an essay, "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," that hailed the "gallant sacrifices" of the "combat teams" that struck America.
He said although the victims were civilians they were not innocent. He went on to describe the World Trade Center victims as "little Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf Eichmann (search), who organized Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's plan to exterminate Europe's Jews.
OK, I got a few questions.
First, how in the hell is this moron, Churchill still on tenure? Any other prof made these statements they would be canned and then sued? Why is this guy immune?
Second, what did the workers in The Towers and the passengers on the planes do to contribute to some great machine or engine? They weren't cogs you useless sack of crap! They were people, that died horribly! And maybe you should have gone with them. Trade 3000 people for some peyote smoking prof. Good trade, let him die not the rest.
Third, anyone else feel this guy should be deported?
Lemme know.
posted by NDwalters @ 1:38 PM
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