Just to add to the discussion regarding the fact that Caroline was removed from the Club in an intoxicated state, I went googling this morning as I recalled an event here in Ontario from several years ago.
In Ontario, even a house party giver, has a responsibility to stop serving and can be held liable should anything happen to the guest should they leave their home intoxicated.
Bars have also been held liable but not to same degree. Bars must stop serving but there seems to be a line drawn between intoxication and being drunk. If a person is incapable of caring for themselves then the Bar must assist or can be held liable if something happens once the patron leaves the bar. If a person is just drunk then the same liability doesn't seem to be present.
The difficulty is that how does one determine by observing whether a person is "intoxicated" vs. drunk?
From a strictly ethical point of view which is MOO I don't think anyone in a drunk state; should be heaved out of a bar or club without calling a cab, giving an address ,and somehow assisting that person to get home safely. It's the least that can be done.
Bars here in England will not serve if you appear to have had enough.....but it's impossible to tell sometimes as everyone reacts/acts differently to alcohol.
Have you ever tried assisting a FRIEND home in a cab when badly drunk?? Good luck with that if you try with a friend who disagrees with going home
Door staff/Security are well trained and work with Police these days......unlike in my 'young' days.
To observe a few points from other posts......
Taxis/private hire ....one is pre booked only,one can stop anywhere if hailed.
If drunk leaving a club it is without doubt likely you could walk anywhere/route......I done it regularly when young and walked all over the place......cold has no effect,you just think walking will warm me up and off you go. I feel there's a huge lack of realization about how people act when drunk...particularly (1st year) students.
Spiking drinks of a stranger is as common as Rocking-Horse manure.....happens one in a million but claimed as an excuse for any bad behavior
friends adding/mixing drinks a bit more common (but only at student prices!)
For us Brits and US posters in this thread....it needs remembering that that are no 'no-go' areas in England (despite what a US politician said recently) just 'best avoidable if you can' ....our worst areas in England are like a picnic in the Whitehouse garden under armed surveillance compared to the worst parts of major US cities.....our perception of likely crime is different because of this.....Maybe wrong but would be more than shocked if this was a crime.
"does it look like a river you could fall in"........REALLY, tell me what that looks like? lol