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Hmmm. No. What is stupid is how insensitive Ottawa was in planing this event.
Most Quebecers, separatists and federalists alike, will tell you that the battle of the plains of Abraham was a painful battle in which thousands were killed, houses and farms were destroyed, women were raped, etc. The occupation was only softened after the passage of the Quebec Act of 1774, when the Brits returned SOME rights to Quebecers in an attempt to buy their loyalty on the eve of the US's declaration of inedpendance.
The battle is a historical fact, no one denies it. Even the separatists. But most have an issue with "celebrating" the event. For the same reasons Polish people won't "celebrate" their 1939 invasion by Germany, or Tibet, with the 1951 invasion by China. Too recent to compare? Fine. Ask natives why they won't celebrate Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America in 1492. The list can go on an on.
Same thing. No one denies the history books. But please party and celebrate on your own dime, in your own backyard. Not ours.