Oops, I got the quote backwards (duh), you're right (obviously).

The quote I've always heard (not sure where it came from): "VHDL was created by hardware engineers who know nothing about programming languages. Verilog was created by computer scientists who know nothing about hardware."

In practice I've had to deal with both on a regular basis, including single designs with both VHDL and Verilog modules. I'd say teach digital design and let them learn whatever language they want to implement what they learn in class; Xilinx tools can handle both seamlessly, why not let them choose? Show examples from both in the slides.

And to show that he wants to crack down harder, he "blasts Net neutrality" in the very next breath, saying that "it would impair the ability of broadband providers to address the serious and rampant piracy problems occurring over their networks today."