doctors are spoilsports

last week a girl was born in south africa with 4 legs (for pix see here). unfortunately the humourless medical profession is urging the amputation of the two bonus legs, thereby preventing the emergence of our next crime-fighting superhero: spidergirl or centipede-woman. yes, she may have trouble finding pants to fit, but think of her awesome quadruped powers: the speed she could run, the grapes she could squash. i doubt these doctors have read orwell's "animal farm" adage: "four legs good, two legs bad". maybe this phenom proves (to a sceptical world) that africa is more advanced than we think. because in oz we're still stuck in the old "two legs" paradigm.