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“ And just what does “at least half a dozen victims in the past decade” mean? If it is half a dozen over 10 years, which I doubt, that does not exactly sound like an epidemic to me, particularly since we have no comparison to how many alleged killings take place in karaoke bars when other awful songs are being sung. How many people are killed singing Jefferson Starship’s “We Built This City?” How many during Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight” or Lobo’s “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo?

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Kill Me Before I Sing Again

Heh. “Journalism” exposed! But also: how have there not been more “We Built This City” killings?

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“ The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the “My Way Killings.

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Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord - NYTimes.com

I’d just like it to be known that I have never been to the Philippines and don’t carry a gun. It wasn’t me.

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