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    The new trans

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46133262

    "A Dutch "positivity trainer" has launched a legal battle to change his age and boost his dating prospects.

    Emile Ratelband, 69, wants to shift his birthday from 11 March 1949 to 11 March 1969, comparing the change to identifying as being 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 said.

    A local court in the eastern city of Arnhem is expected to rule on the case within four weeks.

    However officials were sceptical about the case, believing there was no legal mechanism allowing a person to change their birth date, local reports said.

    One of the judges wanted to know what would become of the 20 years that Mr Ratelband wanted to erase. "Who were your parents looking after then? Who was that little boy?" he was quoted as saying.

    'Making the most of life'
    Mr Ratelband argues he feels discriminated against because of his age, and that it was affecting his employment chances and his success rate on the dating app, Tinder.

    "When I'm 69, I am limited. If I'm 49, then I can buy a new house, drive a different car. I can take up more work," he said."

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    Good for him. And in spite of objections, it's no more ridiculous than the other stuff going on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Good for him. And in spite of objections, it's no more ridiculous than the other stuff going on.
    Yep. Real curious how they'll rule cuz it would affect other decisions down the road.

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    it will be interesting.

    we've fallen down the rabbit hole.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Yep. Real curious how they'll rule cuz it would affect other decisions down the road.
    I really don't think there is any chance of him being taken seriously in a court of law. It would disrupt everything having to do with records and documents involving human beings. One could as well let people define themselves as non-existent or allow them to swap, clone or steal identities.

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    Wait until he finds out the women he gets hooked up with take a look at him and say “you look terrible for your age”.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Good for him. And in spite of objections, it's no more ridiculous than the other stuff going on.
    There ya go. They don't even realize what a slippery slope they have started sliding down with this whole gender identity thing. Follow this latest trend, and next we will have a 40 year old pervert identifying as a 15 year old so that he can sleep with teenage girls and not go to prison. Does anyone else see where all this craziness is leading to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33 View Post
    There ya go. They don't even realize what a slippery slope they have started sliding down with this whole gender identity thing. Follow this latest trend, and next we will have a 40 year old pervert identifying as a 15 year old so that he can sleep with teenage girls and not go to prison. Does anyone else see where all this craziness is leading to?
    Or criminals identifying as non-criminals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Or criminals identifying as non-criminals.
    They already do that. Havent you heard those in prison saying “I was framed”?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    They already do that. Havent you heard those in prison saying “I was framed”?
    Yeah but this time the authorities have to abide by their choice of orientation.

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