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Re:Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools by knolax on Saturday February 06, 2021 @04:44PM (#26050261)
It's not "news" at all. Have you ever been to Indonesia? Do you speak Indonesian? Have you even interacted with any Indonesians? Have ever read a book in Indonesian? Neither you or I have any contextual information to qualify this as good or bad news. We sure as hell shouldn't trust the BBC of all people to give us that contextual information either.

The only reason people on HN care is because it's framed as a part of some weird culture/religious war. This constant projection of values on people you know nothing about is a waste time at best.

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Re:Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools by itisit on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:07PM (#26050983)
Culture doesn’t enjoy a special force field against criticism and scrutiny. And humanity transcends geography. Women the world over are entitled to respect and truly equal rights, not mere lip service. FWIW:

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/indon...

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Re:Indonesia bans forced religious attire in schools by knolax on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:23PM (#26051101)
> Culture doesn’t enjoy a special force field against criticism and scrutiny.

Never said it did. I'm simply not interested in hearing uninformed "criticism" from someone who knows absolutely nothing about what they're criticizing, made with ulterior motives.

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