[EricT.]

yes, but it has to be more then just "disobeying" to justify shooting him dead. "disobyeing" needs a context to it - if some person who claims to be an air marshall, comes over to me on a flight and orders me to stow my tray table and shoots me if I don't - there is a different context to "disobeying" that order, as opposed to if I were running down the aisle after making a bomb threat.

What the heck are you babbling about?

Nevermind, I don't want to know.

[oceanview]

I am not babbling - disobeying an air marshall, and getting shot for it, is justifed so long as the underlying act of "disobeyance" is over an issue rising to the level warranting it (like a bomb threat).

its like the threads about the police taser'ing people over traffic infractions - that's insanity, the underlying crime of a traffic citation does not justify escalation to tasering a person.