In the description at the top of the page the man that launched it Gerben Van den Abbeele writes that “When the terrorist threat reaches the highest level society should keep a stiff upper lip”. “The last thing we should do is retreat in fear”.

Speaking in an interview with the Brussels regional news site Brusselnieuws.be, Mr Van den Abbeele said that “Fear is a poor counsellor”.

“The idea for the page came from a feeling that the reaction to the terrorist threat is somewhat disproportional. Ok, it’s just a feeling, but if someone wanted to carry out a terrorist attack they still could, right? Even in Paris life hasn’t been paralyzed in this way”, Mr Van den Abbeele (who is also active in the Flemish socialist party) added.