recklessly endangering human lives by driving a car drunk is a criminal
offense. does that mean that recklessly endangering human lives by anchoring
with a all chain rode you KNOW will pull loose and/or break loose the deck
chocks in strong winds and waves is a criminal offense as well?

Yup.


The situation you describe will not happen if the anchor and rode are suitable
for conditions, if there is adequate scope for depth and conditions, and so
forth.

That's a long way from *knowing* the anchor is going to pull out or bust up the
boat.