Wednesday, August 16, 2006

There's no such thing as a "two headed baby".

"Doctors in Indonesia are unsure whether they can operate on a baby born with two heads, although the newborn girl is in stable condition, according to published reports."

"The baby, named Syafitri by her parents, is breathing with the assistance of a machine to ensure that enough oxygen flows from her one heart to the two heads, Channel NewsAsia reported."


Ugh. For pete's sake, this is shameful. It's not a two headed baby! There are two brains there, that means they are two people. They are conjoined twins, and require two names. Just the same as if they were only connected at the hip. It's one thing for idiot reporters to screw this up, it's quite another for the babies' parents to consider them one person.

I can just picture it:

Age 6mos: "Honey, I don't get it. One of Syafitri's heads is sleeping, but the other one is hungry."
Age 2: "Syafitri, I can't hear what your left head is saying when your right head is crying so loud."
Age 8: "Syafitri, first you say with your right head you want to go to the petting zoo, and not two seconds later, your left head says you want to see the movie! Make up your minds!"

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