(April 25, 2013 at 12:22 pm)Luminox Wrote: I cannot deny that dicephalic parapagus twins (or any other type of conjoined twins) raises many questions,
but it seems unappropriate to ask them in public, since their lives must be really complicated (due to their disfigurement).
Inappropriate as some may think it to be to discuss the implications of their predicament, I imagine they would find it more so offensive to be refferred to as a disfigurement, and would rather it be talked about in the open (so long as its in good taste) rather than hear the whispering murmers that they probably face daily. I think they just want to feel normal, but until people fully understand, they will be viewed as a question mark, not so much normal. Something only seems strange and weird when you don't know anything about it.
Think if you started a new job and you had a big scar on your face, wouldn't it be better to openly answer all the questions and stifle the rumors rather than let others conjure their own explanations and theories?
It's probably a case by case basis. Hopefully they're not offended should they stumble on this thread, but should they find it, I would be facinated read any answers they could provide.
