Gavra, Surly you dont think that NYS would make it legal to give your own 5 year old a beer right? please delve a bit further, the law limits the the rise in BAC in those instances to 0.02%. Like i calculated before, for a 140lbs male, that equates to 5oz of wine, or 1 shot, or 1(one) 12oz beer.
“How many times have we all seen inebriated bochrim throwing up on the streets, or wandering into the streets (into traffic) or just generally “making a scene” on the streets on Purim that is truly a chilul HaSh-m?!?” THANK YOU AIN!!!! A voice of reason!!
People are so quick to defend the practice of highschoolers and young men drinking to excess on purim, but when the tragedy ChVSh happens, they all fall like Daas, “not that he condones it”. Thats a cop out. And for those who think that because the Shulchan Orech says the mitzvah is to get drunk, therefore they can be bombed out of their heads I have this gem, dont think for a moment that your drinking was like the mechaber’s drinking. if you do, your a fool. I have zero doubt that if any of the Rishonim, Achronim, or ANY gadol of the past or present or future would see the excesses and drunkenness practiced in the name of a mitzvah, they would ban its practice. Devarim 4:15 A D’ORAYSA. Ad d’lo? M’derabannan at best. I cant understand the drive to defend this practice. It is beyond me. Do you let your kids smoke? Do weed? for heavens sake, people regulate how much sugar their kids ingest more closely than they do alcohol. A great story that happened to me in Shoprite illustrates this point. A young yeshiva kid was in the soda aisle looking at some glass bottles of Coke and asked his mother if he could get it. She said the glass bottles were too small and not worth the price but that she would buy a 2 liter bottle. He then said but the glass bottles are cool because it looks like your drinking a beer. He looked all of 10 years old. Think its not your problem, think again. I’m done responding to this thread. Its too aggravating.