Father Damien

So, Father Damian of Molokoi is back in the news, thanks to some politician down in the States complaining that his statue shows 'white supremecist/ colonialist' tendencies, or somesuch.  Some people are livid.  Perhaps rather than slinging mud back at the mudslingers,  we should regard this as an opportunity to speak about Father Damien.  People attacking the man on false or ignorant or malicious pretenses (or all three at once) are nothing new.  In fact, here is Robert Louis Stevenson, or Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Doctor Jeckyll and Mister Hyde fame sounding off against a detractor over a century ago.