*The crowds shown in these TV accounts show a very drunken, rowdy bunch of people that I wouldn’t get near.*
The crowds shown on tv? You don’t say. You mean tv doesn’t show boring ordinary people just minding their own business? I must get you to explain some time how what the media show is totally representative and reliable.
You see, it doesn’t matter whether the crowd scenes that I saw of rowdy, aggressive people is representative of all, it’s the fact that there are SOME people like that at Mardi Gras festivities and that’s enough to dissuade me from being around any of them. I prefer my health and well-being, thank you very much.