As I’m sure is the case with many of you, I’ve been giving serious thought to how best to Stand Up To Terrorism, Show The Terrorists They Cannot Win and Maintain Our Values. The Belgian Prime Minister said we should all be doing this, followed in short order by every other European politician apart from Marine Le Pen, who has a different take on the whole thing. Again no doubt in common with everyone else, I’ve been brooding over the German Chancellor’s observation that ‘our strength is in our unity and that is how free societies will prove themselves stronger than terrorism’. Well, apart from colouring in my homemade ‘Je Suis Bruxelloise’ sign – which, tbh, I didn’t quite feel so good about as my previous ‘Je Suis Parisienne’ one – I have been at a bit of a loss about how you do show you’re united. I mean, we’re not going to go around bawling abuse at Muslims, are we?
So how do you show the terrorists they can’t win then? Plainly if you stay at home and don’t go anywhere, it shows that they’ve struck at our very way of life, values etc.
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