If I had lost a loved one in the Brussel's bombing I wouldn't take any solace in knowing that they had died because the freedoms of the majority had taken precedence over the safety of individuals - if indeed that were the case.

As Evo rightly says when people put a price on lives it's always other people's lives that are cheaper.

That's the way of the world, always has been, always will be - from the cost of certain NHS treatments to the speed of motor vehicles to the risks we ask our armed forces to take - the lives of individuals are weighed against the common good and the cost to the majority.