[Locke]

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times.

"Beer Gardens" have to be the absolute stupidest concept of all time.

You cordon off a section of an event so people can drink. However, there is literally nothing else to do.

So a bunch of people wait in line to get a drink, are stuck with nothing else to do and really nowhere to go, and then they proceed to get slaughtered on booze and then...

And this is the genius part of the plan.

And then...they're released into the 'family/all ages' element of the event.

Mayhem ensues.

Really? No way. I cant imagine why.

"You've got to do something about the drunks! Won't someone PLEASE think of the CHILDREN!?!?"

Yeah. Let people drink...while wandering around. The activity helps to burn off the alcohol but also slows the amount of drinking.

If you're locked in a cage with nothing but booze and nothing to do but drink it...at an event...what do you expect to happen?

I've been to concerts where they'd split the room. All Ages on one side, 18+ only with drinks on the other and I thought that was a great idea!

The thing is, it comes down to normalization culture. If you create an environment where people are just getting wrecked...and thats 'okay' then people are just going to get wrecked.

If however you create an environment where people can have a civilized drink in a public space, then people (largely...always exceptions) take the social cues from those around them and are responsible.