London mayor: "Terror attacks are part and parcel of living in a big city."

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

I read that story when it came out last year and I re-read it again today.

It is quite clear what the man meant.

It baffles me that the people who crow about always being prepared by having gun rights can't or won't understand what Khan was saying.

When Trump says something the left always takes it literally. When someone from the left says something, like Khan in this instance you draw your own meaning from it and not take it literally if it suits your point of view. Interesting.

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Originally Posted by floridanative10

Many big cities dont have numerous terror attacks and 9/11's? Tokyo is the biggest city in the world- no radical terror from immigrants or much crime at all? Osaka, Kyoto, Seoul, Hong Kong, Nagoya, Shenzen, Taipei?

The Multicultural West seems very different?

London underwent many terrorist incidents throughout the long Irish rebellion decades before their current problems.

For all the Europeans, there are no natural barriers to protect them from great upheavals on the continent. The huge diaspora of refugees from the wars in the Middle East are only the latest in many waves that started after WWI, 100 years ago, and have never stopped since.

The distances between nations are very short in Europe. During the world wars, a British soldier could be injured in France one day, and be back home in hospital before the day was out. It only takes a day or less to cross most of the national boundaries.

That's nothing like it is in Asia or here in N. America.

And it's not to say that there's much difference between multi-culturism and common culture. The Asians have gone to war with the drop of a hat with each other since time immemorial.

In fact, multi-culturalism is seldom a cause for war. War, most often, comes from the need or desire to control territory for economic reasons far the most often.

The clash of cultures is most often an outcome that follows that reason, as there is always one culture that outnumbers another in every country in the world. Blaming the other guy for winning or losing after a war is a part of human nature, but it's an excuse for either side, just so old grievances can continue.

There's nothing like a good grudge to unify a group, especially when the other group is the easiest target. Fixing internal failures within a culture is always a lot harder thing to accomplish.

The Mayor of London simply acknowledged that fact with the statement. London has been attacked regularly from the time it became a Roman outpost, and has been beaten up more and longer than any other national capital in the continent. The statement was only partially true when applied to the rest of the world's cities, though, but could be taken as a predictor of things that may come.

Or not. It all depends on how any nation chooses to respond to internal threats. They don't all have the Carry On Regardless tradition of the English.