Maybe it's just me, but I find this hysterical.

A little bit of background info for those of you not familiar with BU (or my column), John Silber is the cartoonish supervillain who ran BU as its Chancellor before stepping up to become its acting president again this year. Mere days after the start of the school year, he angered everybody by disbanding the Gay-Straight Alliance (a group that sought to teach tolerance and respect) at the high school that BU owns, later making unbelievably insensitive comments and believing everyone who disagreed with him is wrong and stupid (the single best argument technique ever invented).

While I find the idea of School of Management students trying to make a quick buck and pass it off as political action hilarious, I'm ambivalent as to whether Silber should actually be fired. On the one hand, it would be the single greatest thing Boston University could do. On the other hand, what would I and the hundreds of thousands of BU students and alumni have to complain about? Prior to going to BU, I had never before had any experience with a real cartoonish supervillain. Now I can safely say that it's a trying, yet rewarding experience.

Therefore, yes, I am coming out partially in favor of keeping a mad tyrant in power merely because of the comedic pontential. Of course, by my logic, I should vote for Bush in the next election. Unless someone even funnier runs against him, like Dan Quayle, Marion Barry or Jesse Ventura. We'll have to see...