Less collective safety does not infringe on the liberties of others, and I believe that is exactly what Benjamin Franklin is referring to. He is very clearly saying liberty is more important than safety.
The ability to go about our daily lives and activities in a resonable manner is a very important liberty to me. These rules prevent that with no proven benefits, and were implemented as a paranoid knee-jerk reaction rather than a well reasoned thought out process.
Maybe part of the difference is I think there are no real benefits for all these rules, and that allowing people to carry their basic toiletries on a plane has a statistically zero chance of endangering anybody.
