"While airlines share the cost of passenger screening, they also share the cost, through their taxes, of state troopers. But when a first-class flier gets a speeding ticket, he is treated like everyone else. Passengers submit to screening as a legal obligation; all should be treated the same. To establish a short line for those who pay more and an endless line for those who pay less violates the spirit of equal treatment under the law — unlike when an airline provides comfy first-class seats and miserable coach seats, which is not a legal situation "

I hope this is not too much of a quote. Feel free to edit as necessary. This is from the Sunday NY Times magazine. I think registration is required, but here's a link you can try

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/ma...l?ref=magazine

I'm going to continue to use the elite lines, but now I might feel guilty.