“there will be singing dancig laughing”
All of which we can ALL do without getting drunk – and BETTER, because we aren’t falling over each other when we are not smashed. I do not need to debate this. Those who feel the need to justify their potentially egregious behavior in drinking to excess and possibly acting like animals in public places, will find an halachic basis for it. The rest of us will find an halachic basis for NOT causing a great chillul Hashem on Purim this year, as has happened in previous years. I sincerely pray that none of the drinkers has cause to regret his dedication to this one halacha, that can be interpreted in so many less dangerous ways than taht of blanket permission to get blotto.