Within my Author Whining Rights

Today the new editor contacted me to tell me the publisher wanted to remove the mention of Wo Shing Wo on the Global Gangland cover material. Even when I pointed out that as a prescribed criminal organisation the Wo Shing Wo has no corporate status under law or ability to pursue any legal action, nor would any officer of the organisation be in a position to do so, they still wanted to remove it.

However, according to them, it is not about legal action this time; it is about threats of violence. They are not so worried about me losing my hands (they did suggest making sure my insurance covered the eventuality), more about other actions being directed towards them. My argument that by mentioning the Wo Shing Wo, I am reducing the likelihood of the threat to chop of my hands with a cleaver actually happening, is not going to be taken onboard. Given this, I think I am within my author whining rights to pretty pissed off.