I don't think the issue is that clear-cut... what if some person is diabetic and the rollbag has their insulin in it?
But there's another more important (IMHO) issue here: the image caption says "I value my bags more than my life" but those people apparently value their bags more than *other people's* lives. That, or they may have had a bona fide (whether correct or not) belief that their life and other's lives were not in danger.
The overall issue of what people did vs. the circumstances is very multi-dimensional except for one thing: I think it's pretty clear that they're all guilty of "failure to comply with the instructions of a flight crew" as given in the safety briefing which AFAIK is a criminal offense.
But there's another more important (IMHO) issue here: the image caption says "I value my bags more than my life" but those people apparently value their bags more than *other people's* lives. That, or they may have had a bona fide (whether correct or not) belief that their life and other's lives were not in danger.
The overall issue of what people did vs. the circumstances is very multi-dimensional except for one thing: I think it's pretty clear that they're all guilty of "failure to comply with the instructions of a flight crew" as given in the safety briefing which AFAIK is a criminal offense.
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