Canadian war hero gets medal for attacking mosque

Just one more thing about “the first African-Canadian” to win the Victoria Cross, William Hall. As I’ve pointed out before, I’m not sure how “Canadian” Hall was, given that he was born 38 years before the country now known as Canada. Canadians are desperate for war heroes, especially if they’re Black. It shows the world we’re doing diversity and inclusion right! Be that as it may, Hall joined the Royal British Navy and found himself fighting for the British Empire to put down an uprising among the Empire’s ungrateful subjects in India. Here’s a brief exerpt from his Wikipedia entry; “…the naval gun crew with which he was serving came under heavy fire as they attacked a mosque.” Oh dear! 150 years ago that got you a Victoria Cross? Now it would get you life in prison! Canadian values sure have changed… but he still gets a new Arctic Patrol Vessel named after him, so maybe our values haven’t changed as much as we like to pretend.