[Newsbot]

Title: Battle shaped Western world: Plains of Abraham pushed France into a downward spiral
Category: History
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-02-20 21:16:49
Canadian

[maldonsfecht]

EXCELLENT POST!!!

[ShepherdsDog]

Quote:

Curiously, federal government largesse was not described as "British imperialism" last year when Ottawa paid for the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. Thanks to Quebec nationalism, Canada played up the coming of the French and has played down the coming of the British.

I think this says a lot.

[Hyack]

maldonsfecht wrote:

EXCELLENT POST!!!

Thanks, I thought it was a pretty good read myself......don't let the Québécois get a hold of it tho.....

[martin14]

nice find Hyack !!

[Mustang1]

Wait a sec! Don't bring measured historical conclusions into this! How will the separatist ignoramuses counter it?

"Whether nationalists like it or not, Canada should remember and honour the significant events and both sides on the Plains.

This battle, for better or worse, shaped the Western world and placed Canada, warts and all, in that world."

Well said.

[Bacardi4206]

"Quebec nationalists pretend that the Federal National Battlefields Commission is an example of "British imperialism" and demand that federal cultural influence be removed from Quebec. Curiously, federal government largesse was not described as "British imperialism" last year when Ottawa paid for the 400th anniversary of Quebec City."

My new favorite quote.

[commanderkai]

What a great read, thanks.

[Arctic_Menace]

Awesome.