Karaoke-Crazed Businessman Goes Ballistic

Tycoon Faces Karaoke Beating Charge

The Asian love affair with karaoke may be over. One of South Korea’s leading businessmen has been accused of kidnapping and beating karaoke waiters. The tycoon doesn’t deny the charges, although he has yet to explain his reasons. But you don’t need to be Einstein to work out that something like this was bound to happen eventually.

Someday someone was going to come to their senses and realize that human dignity and karaoke can’t coexist in the same universe. Why this man chose to take his rage out on waiters is anyone’s guess. Most people would think it more reasonable to beat the actual performers, but maybe they suffer enough when someone shows them a video of their abysmal drunken rendition of “My Heart Will Go On.”