Now THAT'S An Apology!

   That young lady is Minami Minegishi, and she's part of a 90 member Japanese girl band called AKB48. And before you ask, I've never heard of either. Until today. It seems Minegishi-san took to YouTube, with her head shaved, and tears streaming down her face apologizing to her, and the bands, fans.
   What did she do wrong? Pull a Justin Bieber and get caught drinking sizzurp? (A mix of codeine based cough syrup and fizzy fruit punch.) No. Did she disgrace herself by appearing drunk in public? No. Minami was photographed leaving her boyfriends place after spending a night there not long ago. So fucking what you ask? Well, it seems members of the group.....which is divided into several teams.....have a no dating rule, in order to protect the band's clean image targetting their mainly male fanbase. Mini was also in the top-ranked division, but was demoted to the band's lowest rank.
   All this has people in Japan wondering just how much influence AKB48's management team has over their young charges, and why Mini took such a drastic step.....if she even took it on her own. Head shaving in Japan is seen as a serious way of showing contrition, and women rarely do it.
   And if that's the way she says she's sorry, them maybe Bieber should practice seppuku, a ritualistic Japanese form of suicide taken by plunging a long knife into the abdomen, and slashing upwards. Please practice seppuku Biebs. PLEASE!!!!!
  'Nuff said.