OK, let me put this another way: Is there a basis d’oraisa for getting drunk on Purim? Why would the rabbonim make it mitzvah to get drunk, and if that was no the intention, why not make a geder to prevent it as they have to prevent other behavior that may be halachically assur? I am having a hard time understanding why rabbonim would davka make getting drunk a mitzvah, given that it easily can be overdone and get out of hand.
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