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The entertainment industry's understanding of the drug problem is considerably naive as compared with that of the general public. They should take steps to bar those entertainers from making comebacks

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Music journalist Kazuhiko Futada, saying that Japan's entertainment industry is half-hearted about anti-drug measures. (Mainichi Shimbun)

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I don't see why an entertainer that makes a legal offense not related to his/her job, with no victim, should be banned for life... while most politicians that commit crimes, whose victim is usually taxpayers and voters, are let free to continue their careers and their wrongdoings.

How can you "bar" anybody in the entertainment industry?

In Japan it's pretty simple. There is a club of a few agencies and companies that control 100% of mainstream media. They can decide to terminate someone's career. Then the person can still continue to perform his/her art, but on a much lower scale. Indie scene is nearly inexistent.

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The full quote from - Music journalist Kazuhiko Futada:

"It is difficult for entertainment offices to supervise and manage their entertainers because they cannot poke their nose into friendships particularly of their big-name entertainers." He also said, "The entertainment industry's understanding of the drug problem is considerably naive as compared with that of the general public. They should take steps to bar those entertainers from making comebacks once they commit drug-related crimes."

Is sanctimonious Kazuhiko Futuda proposing the 'entertainment industry' present their own production of 'Kangaroo court' the musical? ........

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If they serve their time then they have a clean slate in my opinion. Otherwise why are they released from prison?

... unless this is somebody trying to issue a wake-up call that prison is a lousy way to reform criminals? In which case I'm 100% behind reforming the "justice" system, but not with stigmatising people for life just because they made a single mistake.

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How can you "bar" anybody in the entertainment industry?

If somebody releases a song and people like it, and buy it, then they're going to be popular... period.

Ridiculous.

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Pretty dumb view, if every place in the world took that view we would have no musicians, the stones, the beatles, lou reed, Elton john, queen, led zep, thin lizzy, whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, elvis, this list could take all day to compile but I think you get the picture

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The understanding may be half hearted but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.. Drug facts and Education might be a better route.

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It's plain and simple. We are human and make mistakes. To bar entertainers from making a comeback because of a drug-related crime is discrimination. Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. I feel everyone deserves a second chance and if they want to prove they are worthy of it, they have to prove it through good works and become a better role model in society.

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