So, as a teetotaler observer to this fucking stupid country's atrocious alcohol addiction from the side lines, I try to keep track of all the conflicting, hypocritical, and stupid standards regarding alcohol consumption:
Alcohol is legal but weed is not, despite alcohol being vastly more harmful, especially to other people.
If you act like a complete ass hole while drunk, being drunk is used as an excuse for your behavior.
Since apparently this dude not only successfully blamed the bar for his actions, but didn't go to jail for assault and battery, alcohol consumption also absolves you of guilt for committing some felonies.
If you drink and drive you should've known better, but the courts will also give you a slap on the wrist for what's basically attempted manslaughter, so... kind of a mixed message.
If you're a woman and get drunk and a man sleeps with you, then you are a helpless victim who was sexually assaulted.
If you're a man and get drunk and a woman sleeps with you, then it's your own dumb fault.
If both parties are drunk and sleep together, it's the guy's fault.
It's just so fascinating (disgusting) that depending on the crime you commit while drunk, who you commit it against, and whether or not it's a topic that the court system has decided to not give a shit about, you're either 100% responsible for your own choice to get drunk and are a monster OR you're an innocent victim of the demon rum and it'd be cruel to penalize you for what you did while under its influence.