I think it's fascinating to see how people call non-drinkers 'boring'. The people I know that get drunk often (as in, more than twice a week) often use their drinking as a crutch for an unfulfilled everyday existence. They drink because their life is fucking boring otherwise.
Myself I find being in a buzzed state quite okay but alcohol wrecks your body if you drink it a lot. People should be getting high more often than drunk, I say.
Maybe it's a matter of perception. Maybe it's semantics. I don't know. I said those who voted for never are boring with the presumption of a viewpoint of them believing you can drink but you should never get drunk, which is presumptuous and likely not accurate on my part.
Granted, the idea that you should never get drunk, outside of religious beliefs (which I respect but don't agree with), because of any health reasons doesn't exactly hold water. That's when I get into the "it's ok to live a little" territory because it's less about trying to get unbelievably wasted and more about drinking and having fun without limiting yourself so much that getting drunk is impossible, because at that point it's likely you won't even be able to reach that vague sweet spot of intoxication and are more in the feeling a little buzz territory.
So as flawed as my initial statement is, the idea behind it is something I still stand behind. If you are somebody who likes to have some drinks, especially with friends, then getting drunk occasionally whether on purpose or because you weren't strictly limiting yourself to avoid any possibility of getting drunk seems perfectly fine to me. Never is a pretty hard line to draw though, and that's what's weird.
The funny thing is I'm not even a huge drinker and I don't do anything else. Every now and then we need to let loose though.
EDIT: And we really don't need to get into a discussion about alcoholism. That's separate to this. I could use any form of escapism from a boring life equivalent to drinking, but that's not going to drive the discussion forward.
