Just because all of those acted stupidly doesn't mean you or I have to act inappropriately. It's a convenient excuse for some but I bet those on the station over the weekend didn't give these individuals a second thought; their motivation was to get home for Xmas. Had the episodes you quoted not have happened the probability is that these people still would have acted in the same way. They were idiots just like Cummings, Jenrick and Co.