Mixture,
The point was trying to make, maybe not so well, is that you should always be aware of your position.
An emergency is not an excuse to let your airmanship fall to pieces, in fact the very opposite should happen.
I had just re-read my post before reading your reply and I did think that it might need some qualification. If a pilot is suffering an emergency, then I would not expect the book to be thrown at them if they infringe... far from it, extenuating circumstances and all that.
However as any pilot who has done proper emergency training (i.e. not PPL 'experience of emergencies') will know that one of the things drummed into you is that you do not let the emergency take over to the extent that airmanship suffers.
Aviate, Navigate, Comunicate.
There aint that many emergencies that stop you from being able to do the above.