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Ancient Greece had a couple major festivals of Dionysus in which it was perfectly acceptable behavior to get roaring drunk and stagger crazily through the public square. You weren't expected to do this, but you could. (One or two times a year.)

It makes me curious whether having the rare festival allowing the activity might make it easier to get everyone not to do it the rest of the year.






I believe the European Christian tradition also had a holiday of this type, which was Christmas.

But Christmas now is pretty different.


Hedonist festivals were a lot more popular historically.

I was born at the wrong time.


The Purge?




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