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Hate your leader? Start your own enclave

Hate your leader? Start your own enclave

Nury Vittachi
Sep 08, 2015
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WHEN A VISITING Westerner airily dismissed Asia as "a region of natural disasters and incredibly nasty leaders," I was really upset.

The truth hurts.

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A similar point was made in the shape of a request I received from a reader who did not want his name or address printed: "Dear Mr Columnist Person, nobody likes our government. Can we form an enclave?"

Ye…

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