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Letter: Nightclub brawl
Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The women of the Cook Islands have little to celebrate after one, trying to stop an alcohol fuelled brawl at Rehab was punched in the face by a man who was fined all of $500, given his passport and a get out of jail card, and allowed to return to Australia.
What is wrong with our culture? Grow some herbs (cannabis) that have never fuelled a brawl or caused a man to punch a woman in the face and go to jail for years.
(Name and address supplied)