"Not worth taking the chance that something might."

But nothing will happen.

"There's always a chance that I might be the Object Lesson of the day."

That is "fear".

"Continue with the insults, and they will be returned, with interest compounded."

They are not insults. I am showing that your position is in error because you will not do what you say is something that doesn't matter. Because you know what will happen. Even if you have to cloak it in terms of "unlikely possibility".

"Further, it would be rude and arrogant and insulting, and I'd damn sure be bothered as hell by some SOB such as yourself doing it."

How so? You just go to security, attempt to pass and then leave when they try to scan you.

Regarding rights:
"We've given them up, and for the most part, gained much more than we lost."

Something about giving up freedom for security and deserving neither.

"The reasons for that ability are the protection of other people's rights - something you're ignoring, totally."

I'm not ignoring them.

I just haven't seen anyone give a reason how those rights (or even what rights they were) were affected.

Like I said, neither story had anything about other passengers being "jumpy".