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This has absolutely nothing to do with hacking and Indonesian school uniform regulations hardly count as "intellectually gratifying".

Even if I wanted to learn more about school uniforms in a country I've never been to, whose language and culture I know nothing about, why the hell would I read about it coming from the state media of a another country I've never been to, whose journalists also know nothing about the language, culture, and political situation there?

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Relax. It’s good news. Women deserve way more respect than they get. This is a welcome change in just one pocket of the world.

Exactly, now we need schools in Britain to respect women more, instead of persecuting them for wearing skirts that are 'too long'.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/12/school-thr...

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.

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...

> 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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