In another odd news story this week not involving politics, I see that a 69 year-old Dutch motivational speaker has lost his bid to be legally declared 49 years of age:
Last month, motivational speaker Emile Ratelband filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government requesting that his date of birth be switched from March 11, 1949, to March 11, 1969.
His motivation?
Why to get more dates on Tinder, as you do:
“I feel much younger than my age, I am a young god, I can have all the girls I want but not after I tell them that I am 69,” Ratelband told AFP. “I feel young, I am in great shape and I want this to be legally recognized because I feel abused, aggrieved and discriminated against because of my age.”
He compared his attempt to turn back the clock to identifying as transgender:
“We live in a time when you can change your name and change your gender. Why can’t I decide my own age?” he asked, according to the BBC.
Ultimately, the court made a pragmatic decision:
“Amending his date of birth would cause 20 years of records to vanish from the register of births, deaths, marriages and registered partnerships. This would have a variety of undesirable legal and societal implications,” the court said, according to the New York Post.
So there, Mr. Ratelband; one cannot just legally change their age, they can however still lie about it without court approval.
Now I'm having second thoughts about my plan to have my height legally declared 6'6"; and certain appendages legally declared, "Massive".
Here's the link to the story:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dutch-cou...171623175.html