First Ward Churchill compared the victims of the 9/11 attacks to “little Eichmans”.

Now, his lawyer is comparing the investigation by the University of Colorado to Nazi Germany:

DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for the professor whose remarks about Sept. 11 victims touched off a firestorm wants officials to clarify how they intend to prove he is an American Indian, asking if they plan to use “the Nazi standard for racial purity.”

A University of Colorado faculty committee is investigating whether professor Ward Churchill should be fired over allegations he plagiarized others’ work, and that he falsely claimed to be an American Indian to give his work more credibility.

“Do you wish to employ the Nazi standard for racial purity? Do you wish to employ the standard adopted by the United States government for determining Japanese ancestry in order to qualify for internment?” attorney David Lane asked in a letter dated Monday to acting chancellor Philip DiStefano.

Why the repeated comparisons to Nazis and Nazi Germany? I think, quite possibly, that neither Churchill nor his lawyer have any clue as to what actually happened in Nazi Germany. That’s the only thing I can think of. Well, either that or they’re complete fucking morons.

Oh, and by the way Mr. Lane and Mr. Churchill—it’s not the responsibility of the University of Colorado to prove that you are or are not an Indian. It is dependant on you to prove that you are. It’s a fundemental tenant of American law.

And if you are looking for what standard we want to use for proof that you are indeed an Indian, try this: how about actual membership in an actual Indian tribe?