^ Thanks for the info!
Assuming if in the end, what the four girls did was only communication with fan through comments & mails, then I think the whole mass graduation could have been avoided, & was unnecessary.
I think it fair to say the management exerted tremendous pressure on the four to resign, otherwise having four members resigning for separate personal reasons simultaneously is too much of a coincidence. Communication with fan is against the rule, & some form of penalties should have been given. But if this was the only offence, it is much lighter then sasshi's, & I believe they certainly should have given them another chance like sasshi indeed.
Now, I am not blaming sasshi for this ordeal, nor am I saying she should have been punished more severely then she should, but rather that these four, being so young & with great potential, should not have been punished so heavy handed. Haters might be unreasonable, I believe many irritated fans have legitimate reasons to be upset &/or angry at sasshi &/or management, & that reason is question of fairness.
Although many things still remain in question, & the theories put forward by fans can still potentially be true, I think it is fair to say that the 48 management have been plague by a fairness issues in regard to how it react to scandals. Management reaction to scandals in AKB, NMB, SKE (which I do not know much about, & would appreciate if someone can tell me more about it), & lastly HKT, are vastly different. Certainly, making a decision is hard, & with different expectation from fans, making the perfect decision might not even be possible. Nonetheless, I do feel there are remedies to fix this fairness issue.
Why not have some clearly written rule made available to all, with Specific Penalties assigned to each rules (like the law)? For example, one can have a three-months suspension penalty for communicating with fans, six months for meeting privately with fans, one year for having a boyfriends, many many years for illegal stuffs, etc. Don't have to follow there settings, but with such a system, several benefits can be gained:
1. Decision can be made much more easily & quickly (by management, as there is a basis to make decision)
2. Everyone will know the consequences of not following rules.
3. It will be fairer, as penalties are now assigned based on a set of laws.
4. Due to 3, more acceptance from fans, less hate, & maybe less upset fans.
Of course, there's a lot more to making a decision regarding penalty to members other then the offence, such as the agency of the girls, circumstances regarding the offence, amount of evidences, etc. But I do think it would be nice if my above suggestion can be adopted in some ways.
Sorry for a long post, just a thoughts.
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