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Emilie Ratelband is officially 69 years old, not 49! 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46425774

 

From the court:

"Mr Ratelband is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age and to act accordingly," the judges said, but changing his legal documents would have "undesirable legal and societal implications".

The court agreed with him that age is part of a person's identity. But unlike a person's gender or name, which Mr Ratelband sought to draw comparisons to, it had further complications.

"Rights and obligations are also attached to age... for example, the right to vote, the right to marry, the opportunity to drink alcohol and to drive a car," the court said.

It found that the possibility of declaring oneself younger could open the door to the opposite - becoming older.

In its judgement, the court said that granting the request would cause "all kinds of legal problems" by effectively erasing 20 years of events. It pondered what would happen to qualifications obtained in that time, or a driving licence issued, or a marriage solemnised.

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1 hour ago, Finnator123 said:

101 years ago, Finland gained independence. Happy birthday, best country in the world!! :clap: :FIN!!   :wFIN:!!

I thought the 100-year anniversary happened (literally) not much more than one or two months ago :yikes:

 

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27 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I thought the 100-year anniversary happened (literally) not much more than one or two months ago :yikes:

 

 

No it happened 1 year, or 12 months, or 52 weeks, or 365 days, or 8.760 hours, or 525.600 minutes, or 31.536.000 seconds ago. 

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