I'd agree it's no big deal - until you face several of the same quality issues for no fault of your own.

I'd say these are irritations, though, but when a product is a "premium" product (here in India), customers can get a bit intolerant of the same. I know how it felt listening to the song of the plastics that effortlessly drowned out the engine over 6000rpm, until I sorted that out (the service centre was clueless as to how to stop it).
A rattly dashboard will be viewed very differently by the entry level subcompact owner and somebody who has just forked out several times that for a S class Merc. Bear in mind the average customer has already faced 2 and 3 month waits for consumables such as oil filters, shims, etc. What are you supposed to do during the interim period? Stop using the bike for 3 months? Most Honda service centres have several crashed bikes, some of them sitting there for more than 2 months waiting for the relevant spares. All letters to their customer care mail ID about defective/unavailable parts were replied to with the same form letter expressing concern (hahaha), follow up mails are met with a mulish silence.
Honda should never have allowed things to get to this stage. Maybe that is why owners here are a bit upset with what are in reality minor, non safety related issues.