Thursday 18 March 2010

How the ICA came to symbolise Liberal Cowardice

I could do this often, and so should really restrain myself, but Nick Cohen's latest blog is excellent: http://nickcohen.net/2010/03/14/how-the-ica-came-to-symbolise-liberal-cowardice/#more-947

He recounts a famous encounter between Martin Amis and the Institute of Contemporary Arts; a place populated by that far too frequent phenomenon, the Islamist supporting liberal. Amis asked the audience to raise their hands if they thought they were morally superior to the Taliban; only a third did...

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