Err, no. He stated that the U.S. government needed to be abolished and America returned to being a nation of voluntary communities of like-minded individuals joined together in mutual support rather than have a Big Brother government breathing over everybody's shoulders telling them how to live and what they can and cannot do. Churchill appears to be what is called a "Radical Libertarian", one that believes that government is inherently evil and should be abolished and replaced by voluntary communities of like-minded people. I'm sure that if you asked him about Canadian or German or Australian government, he'd make the same statement about how said government needed to be abolished. While I don't agree with the Radical Libertarians (I think their solution to the evil of Big Government is unrealistic), they do not call for the eradication of entire nations from the face of the Earth -- only for the eradication of the governments of those nations, which governments they consider to be useless parasites upon the community.
My understanding is that you did not pay him to say it. He said it on his own free time from the comfort of his own home office, without using any university equipment or university time to do so. It appears to me that you are saying that what a person says on his own free time in a forum utterly unrelated to his employment should be censorable by an employer.
Do you smoke? Do you believe it would be right if your employer could fire you for smoking on your own free time after you've gone home from work? Are you overweight? Do you believe it would be right if your employer forced you to put a video camera over your dining room table at home so that they could monitor that you weren't eating fatty foods? What about your bedroom, if your employer happens to be run by right-wing Christians who believe that only the missionary position with the man on top is allowable for love, do you believe your employer should have the right to put a video camera over your bed to make sure you don't try something kinky like having your woman come down on you? Should your employer have the right to tap your phone line at home in order to make sure that you're not leaking secrets to a compebreastor or looking for a job with a compebreastor? Where do you draw the line on an employer's interference in your personal life?
But what the hey, he said something you don't agree with, on his own free time (not on your dollar), so he should be fired. Alrighty, then. Just don't claim to be a defender of free speech.
- Elron
