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To: karpov

Isn’t Khan the one who said (paraphrase) ‘violence/murders are part and parcel of living in a big city’? Explaining away why his compatriots shouldn’t be held accountable.


7 posted on 02/03/2020 5:40:05 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: originalbuckeye
Isn’t Khan the one who said (paraphrase) ‘violence/murders are part and parcel of living in a big city’? Explaining away why his compatriots shouldn’t be held accountable.

Although you can find thousands of sites that attribute that quote to him, in reality he never said that. He was being interviewed about a terror attack in New York City and he said that part and parcel of running a big city is that you always have to be vigilant, then he went on to praise the responders of NYC. In true Internet fashion his words were twisted around and spread worldwide. It doesn't take much searching to find the actual interview.

Mayor Khan says plenty of stupid things on his own. No need to make stuff up.

11 posted on 02/03/2020 5:54:23 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: originalbuckeye
What he actually said

In case you had trouble with his accent here is the part that gets misquoted:

“Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things, you’ve got to be vigilant, you’ve got to support the police doing an incredibly hard job. We must never accept terrorists being successful, we must never accept that terrorists can destroy our life or destroy the way we lead our lives.”

13 posted on 02/03/2020 6:37:11 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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