Brody also boasts that Johns Hopkins has one of the nation's foremost experts on civility, Professor Pier Massimo Forni, who is employed in the Department of German and Romantic Languages. He recommends his book Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct for those following the Hopkins Halloween controversy.

But this case is not about “choosing civility.” It is about destroying the lives of young students who fail to accept your definition of civility. Put simply, you can’t make a woman love you by raping her. Nor can you force students to be tolerant with a speech code. Free will in the absence of coercion makes all the difference between both love and rape and tolerance and tyranny.

And so why do the college administrators remain steadfast in their support of campus speech codes? The courts are rejecting them. The people are rejecting them, too. Why the allegiance?

The reason college administrators support these speech codes is because they are usually vague, overly broad, and easy to enforce selectively. And that is important in an environment (higher education generally) where survival depends on placating the Holy Trinity of Diversity – blacks, gays, and feminists. (Note that I elected to say “Blacks, gays, and feminists” - rather than “Negroes, homos, and lesbos” - without a speech code to help me “choose” civility.)

When William Brody concludes his column by saying that “Moving forward from here, I hope we will all recommit ourselves to this bedrock principle of our community” here is what he is really saying: “I hope you choose my definition of civility. Otherwise, my administration will ruin your academic career and reputation.”

So I think I have found a way to resolve this unpleasant controversy. As a final act in this drama, I propose another Sigma Chi party where my brothers all make fun of pimps and whores. In other words, I suggest they dress up like Hopkins administrators.