I read the comments on this thread again, and there is one thought that comes to mind. I totally believe that those who wish to be permissive about drunkeness for minors have engaged in the process of this determination backwards. First, they established their goal of permitting it, then they looked for a way to pervert the words of the poskim who are the guides for our generation to support that. A Posek does not do that. He investigates the subject with an open mind, and reaches the conclusion that the poskim conclude.
Since I consider the shikrus that some wish to claim as a mitzvah as an absolute aveiro, I questioned myself whether I was also guilty of holding a particular psak prior to studying the sugya. Several things became apparent. One, that there is ample misunderstanding of what ad delo yoda means. Next, that the fact that some people can get very drunk without negative consequences is accepted as a model for others. Next, that some people glorify the state of intoxication, and thus judge the Torah as somehow making this, at the very least, a one time mitzvah. I find these observations frightening. Has anyone from the “permissive” camp brought the question to a Posek that understands the ramifications of excessive alcohol in minors?