Two of the three poll options are not relevant, and there really is no poll question asked. However, considering the source I will merrily skip past that.
I support what the parents did. I hope that the parents had, at some time prior to this incident, had "the talk" with their kids about under-age drinking. But even if they did not, this is a major violation of trust, regardless if the parents did or did not say "Now, no partying while we are gone" before leaving. Given time to think about it free from peer pressure most kids understand that throwing the house open as a free-for-all drinking party is not a Good Idea[SUP]TM[/SUP].
I am opposed to draconian laws that prohibit all drinking by those under age 21. Parents, I believe, have a moral responsibility to teach their kids how to drink responsibly, and often that needs to go beyond example to experience. When the parents are in control there should be little chance of things getting out of hand.
But when kids get together and put not only themselves but others in jeopardy the hammer needs to be dropped. The kids are old enough to be charged as adilts in criminal court. Hopefully the court will not arbitrarily dump them into prison where they most likely will not learn anything good, but I also hope that the court finds a way to help them see all of the harm that could have come from their throwing a teenage drinking party. My personal favorite sentence is community service at a hospital ER on Friday and Saturday nights between 11 PM and 3 AM and community service at a rehab facility where they are assigned to deal with folks who have mesed themselves up by drinking. Seeing the mangled bodies is sort of an eye-opener, but seeing the lifelong effects of both DUI crashes and chirossis/brain damage from long-term drinking puts the toothpicks in the eyelids so they cannot avoid learning what inappropriate drinking does to both the individual, their family, and the community.
stay safe.