Yuri, you make a valid point. I still think the whole thing …

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Comment on AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?” by Kaoshima:

Yuri, you make a valid point.
I still think the whole thing is bullshit though.
Many boyband members have relationships anyway, the record labels and fans don’t have any right to say anything about it.
Because Human Rights > Business.
At least in civilized countries.

Kaoshima made other comments on this post:

• AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?”:
  

  “If I can’t have them, no one else should either.” How incredibly pathetic, emotionally stunted, and childish do you have to be to actually believe that shit? They have NO obligation to be yours. You do not know them personally. You’ve never talked to them. They’ve never talked to you. You are strangers.

• AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?”:
  

  I’ve been doing pretty okay actually. Also, you seem to misinterpret me. “Questioning Authority” doesn’t mean being an anarchist toolbag with no respect for those with greater experience. It’s realizing that everyone is in the end, merely human, and fully capable of mistakes. If one of your superiors is about to make a mistake that would ruin the company, you have every right (some would say duty even) to call him out on it and question his judgement on it.

• AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?”:
  

  Not true. Western fans go nuts (in a good way…ish) over that kind of stuff. “Justin Whatshisface dumped Kristin Whatshername and is now dating Sarah Chickwhoplayedthatonechickinthatmovie!? OMG JUICY GOSSIP I GOTTA BUY ALL THE MAGAZINES!”

• AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?”:
  

  What makes you so sure she chose it? Many idols start off very young. It’s very possible that they didn’t understand at all what they were getting into. Perhaps they were tricked, or even their parents were tricked in trying to make their precious little angel into a star.

• AKB48′s Minami Takahashi: “Why Can’t We Have Lovers!?”:
  

  I hate the concept of “slut shaming” If you a dishonest, manipulative ho, then you a ho. But I agree that having a boyfriend or a healthily active sex life does not in any way make one a slut.

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