VIOLENCE WORKS, ESPECIALLY AGAINST COWARDS: Art showing Isil menacing Sylvanian Families removed from exhibition. “Mimsy explained that she had decided to go under a pseudonym when presenting her work to ‘avoid any possibility of beheading’.”

If our cultural leaders agreed not to give in to this sort of threat, then the threats would be ineffectual because there would be too many targets. But they’re cowards — or, worse, through some sort of toxic multicultural “privilege” theory, think that they deserve to be threatened and intimidated. As I keep saying, beware of the incentive system you’re creating, because others are watching and taking notes.