Charles McVety Visits the ROM

 
I was taking Bryant Ing¹ to lunch today when we decided to check out what was happening at the Royal Ontario Museum. There was supposed to be a big anti-racism rally led by "Dr." Charles McVety. He's the man who claims that Charles Darwin was a racist [Canadian Creationist: Charles McVety].

Here he is (left) speaking to his supporters right in front of the museum where the Charles Darwin exhibit is housed. One of his supporters handed us a leaflet explaining why Darwin was a racist. (I'm sure you all know the quotes and I'm sure you all know that Darwin was very enlightened for a man of his time.)

We didn't stay long. McVety was going on about the title of Darwin's famous book. He was making the point that the book is about the preservation of favoured races.² There were at least three or four people nodding their heads in agreement.

Toronto's finest were there in full riot gear to keep the huge crowd under control. You can see from the photo that they were very suspicious of Bryant and me. Some of them seem to be reaching for their weapons. You can click on the photo to see a larger version where their facial expression tells all.

The last photograph (below) is a view of the entire crowd. I figure there were about ten McVety sycophants supporters present and about ten passers-by who were curious about what was going on. There were almost as many reporters and camera crews. It was a non-event. We went to the Faculty Club for a nice lunch. Mmmmmm, fish and chips!

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1. Winner of Monday's Molecule #66.

2. The actual title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.