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Originally Posted by valkyrie
Okay, first of all, you know they're not right if they refer to their daughter as a "pillow angel" -- WTF it is Michael Jackson level crazy when you refer to your child as an item of bedding.
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I took them to mean that she is an angel who rests on a pillow.
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Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
In some cases, not calling her by her given name and instead, referring her to as an object "pillow angel" it sort of dehumanizes her and might make it easier for them to view her as such instead of a person that can feel pain.
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Of course, in the article, they do call her by her name. How is saying "she's our pillow angel" that different from saying "she's our guardian angel" or "he's my knight in shining armour"?
As for viewing her as an object that can't feel pain, the article gives no indication that they feel that way, and it mentions that among their concerns were bedsores and "the discomforts of periods," so I take that to mean that they were, at least in part, motiviated by her comfort.
I agree with the parents that ""Unless you are living the experience ... you have no clue what it is like to be the bedridden child or their caregivers." I have no clue what I would do in their shoes. But from what I've seen and read, I would describe them as parents who are doing the best they can and what they think is best for their daughter and their family. Regardless of how the ethicists and their ilk ultimately view the situation and the questions it presents, I'm not willing to jump all over the parents or assume that they really are motivated by their own convenience.
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