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I don't think Ahsley's parents are these noble people selflessly devoting their lives to their little "Pillow Angel". I just think they are people who want her alive for themselves.
We are talking about someone with the brain capacity of 3 month old. It sorta of reminds me of the Terri Shiavo(sp?) event. You have parents who seem to want to keep basically a blob alive for themselves without any sort of function or purpose because she's a "person". A "person" who less thinking ability than my dog or if you want to get more advanced, our closest cousin, the gorilla. Now depending on your religious affliations, what constitutes a "person" is up for debate.
To me, Ashley is not a person. She has no traits to which I would classify as human other than having the body. So why not let the parents turn her into a real live baby doll? They want her alive but they don't want her as an adult. So what? She has no function other than to exist for them. If you take away believing in a "soul", how much human was ever in that kid in the first place?
