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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm of the opinion you can drink responsibly. It seems the no drinking crowd here (which I also think is actually just 1 person - the OP) thinks you're either sober or blind drunk. Their kids are gonna be juuuuust fine. [/quote]

OP here.  I don't see in my original post where I set up a dichotomy between being blind drunk or stone-cold sober; in fact, I think my tone is fairly mild, albeit I do express some disapproval. (Since when is the word "inappropriate" a mark of hysteria, as some PPs suggest?)  But just for the record, I am definitely not anti-alcohol nor some 21st Century Carrie Nation.  Last night my reaction may have been partly because a number of times some boozy father or other gusted his nasty stank beer breath in my face, which possibly biased me against the sidewalk drinking during trick-or-treat with my kid.  It gave things a frat-party air, which was not exactly the Halloween experience I was looking for for my kid.

I'm surprised at the emotion that this post seems to have generated.  Much more energy was spent on this than on something actually serious or important - true to DCUM form!  Thanks for those who posted moderately-toned responses.  Good to know I'm in the extreme minority; who knows?  Maybe by next year I'll be carrying a flask of my own![/quote]

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