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from the does-the-pensioner-want-to-repay-his-benefits-and-go-back-to-work,-too? dept.
In the quixotic battle against old age, some people use skin care and spin class.
That’s not enough for Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old who feels like he’s in his 40s. The Dutch pensioner is asking a court in his hometown of Arnhem, southeast of Amsterdam, to change his birth certificate so that it says he took his first breath on March 11, 1969, rather than on March 11, 1949. The judges heard his case Monday and promised they would render a verdict in the next several weeks.
Ratelband sees his request as no different from a petition to change his name or the gender he was assigned at birth — and isn’t bothered that this comparison might offend transgender people, whose medical needs have been recognized by the American Medical Association. It comes down to free will, he maintains.
I want to be recognized as an alien trapped in an Earthling's body.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:04PM
> we used to have more confidence in age fluidity in terms of social roles than we do today. Teenagers used to be called to rule countries (with aides of course). Younger teens who wanted to get married were often allowed to.
David Farragut, midshipman at 9, commanded ship at 12, comes to mind.
OTOH those were not teens who spent their years with TV and tablets munching on MSG food and drinking basically sugar. These kids have trouble with shoelaces.
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