Red paint to remain on vandalized Sir John A. Macdonald statue

Link.

All I know about John A. Macdonald is:

1. Macdonald Hall is named after him.

2. As stated in the Wikipedia link in (1), he's the first Prime Minister of Canada.

3. Some people strongly dislike him for reasons that are not explained in the article above. He did genocide, maybe? I'm just guessing here. As an American, Canadian history was not exactly a priority in my education, and even if it had been I doubt we'd've focused on that.

I should probably take this more seriously, but what I'm really asking myself is "How are Bruno and Boots reacting to current events?"

Edit: I will screen and freeze comments talking about whether statue vandalism is ever a good thing, or trying to nitpick when it's okay and when it's not. Sorry, those conversations are boring.

Edit again: I reserve the right to selectively not do the above if you manage to be interesting, especially if you're in character as somebody from Macdonald Hall or Miss Scrimmage's.

Third edit: But I seriously will do it if anybody brings up the word "presentism". I think we all can agree that genocide (?) is bad, even if it happened a long time ago.

Belgium's King Leopold II has a 21st century nemesis. He's 14 years old

"I feel belittled, because it is people of my origin and community who were killed," explained Noah, the statue of Leopold II towering above him. "For me when you put a statue of Hitler in Berlin, for me, that is like putting up a statue of Leopold in Brussels."

You all have given me a history lesson today, so I'll return the favor. I first heard about that evil man as a child or adolescent, and yeah, the comparison to Hitler is apt and not at all hyperbolic. He was just bad. Pull down all the statues, nobody will shed a tear.