last chinese eunich...
 

picked this up from the RSF forum and thought it was interesting...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1670800.story

Wow, What a life.

I can't imagine.

what i think is so amazing is that an 8 year old was considered competent enough to decide he wanted to become a eunuch.

Yeah, My oldest daughter is 8 and she can't make good decisions about what to wear, much less a career.