Difficult to say, but I find this trait in every culture around the world. *shrugs*
I hope not. I know there's a sense of a general cultural representation that goes along with visiting another country and all, but to hold them up as some absolute religious deities is going too far. Screaming and idolizing is fine, but come on. Let's not forget, our girls are human beings like the rest of us.
Symbolic antagonism would be my guess. As long as we, the fans clearly inform the oppositions against our girls, that it wasn't their fault, but the rash driving decision of the manager operating said vehicle is the one who's taking responsibility for it, and I'm pretty sure that person apologized for the offense against the handicap.
Sure, everywhere around the world has encounter the quick parker in the handicap zone, and told the security guard or the parking attendant that he/she/they won't take no more than 5 to 10 minutes to finish with whatever they need to do, and then make a speedy exit. Of course they all, if not most, get penalized for this action. The important thing here is, the manager took responsibility for this error in driver's etiquette, if not the driver's manual and handbook. The girls are not the ones at fault.
If you think about it, maybe they wanted to punish their manager for this? I don't know. And I don't ever recall in the media articles about a handicap person complaining amongst the line of cars in a completed filled parking lot.
Sometimes I find some strange coincidences between South Korean and U.S. shows. But, that's probably just me.
Agreed. I'm sure Gemba Koichiro will come to realize this, and get himself another copy of our girls awesome CD again. And I'm definitely sure our girls will happily sign that one for him too.