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The world witnesses yet another senseless waste of life in the Kingdom of Tonga, made all the more shocking in its daylight brutality.
Relaxed, commercial alcohol access and illicit drug use, an influx of culture-less thugs from overseas and morally bankrupt values exacerbated by a pervasive, social network media have all contributed to a dubious detour for a once proud island nation.
Under-the-counter sales of Tongan passports to foreigners a couple of decades ago and the glut of needless vehicular traffic ever since have also helped to arguably drag Tonga down.
Education and earnest debate by the country's leaders need to address Tonga's apparent slide.
While we're not talking about the peaceful, relaxed Tonga of the early '80s in which I fondly remember working, its population isn't so massive to prevent this process happening, surely? - Brendan Murray, Perth, Western Australia