This is incredible. Elizabeth Hoffman, President of the University of Colorado, should have dismissed Gary Barnett, and this is just beyond belief:

In the deposition, Hoffman was asked whether the "c-word" is "filthy and vile." She said she knows the word is a swear word, but "It is all in the context of what--of how it is used and when it is used."

She was asked, "Can you indicate any polite context in which that word would be used?" Hoffman answered, "Yes, I've actually heard it used as a term of endearment."

A CU spokeswoman said President Hoffman is aware of the negative connotations associated with the word. But, the spokesperson said, because Hoffman is a medieval scholar, she is aware of the long history of the word. She said it was not always a negative term.

Ok, I'll play along, President Hoffman. Let's see some evidence of this word as a term of endearment. Go back as far as you want ...

On second thought, forget it. I don't care if someone in the Middle Ages used this word as a term of endearment. You know perfectly well that the University of Colorado football player who used the term did not mean it in an endearing way. To pretend otherwise is Clintonesque.

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