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May 14, 2024

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OMG, I know it’s a Soapbox for her, and the copy was probably written in great haste to meet a deadline, but, really, she isn’t safe anywhere? If that is the case, Mandy needs long-term, good therapy, to manage life’s journey. 

To write such an extreme article is a disservice to the non-violent agenda. Her Soapbox high point ‘How can anyone stab anyone – but a baby?’ parrots everyone’s legitimate initial horror of the incident but ignores the blatantly obvious issue of mental health, in this instance, [degenerating] to the point of utter derangement and complete loss of control. I really expected a better opinion piece from her.

Duncan  Holmes, Byron Bay


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