Tin Ears,
I'm not your parent, so its not my place to tell you what is and isn't safe and what steps you should take to maximize your safety. If one lifts the ground, the only time it matters is if, and only if, there is a fault where that safety ground is needed, admittedly a rare situation.
I look at it the same way as having trigger locks on any guns in a house where children may be present. You can look at it any way you choose.
The reason there are still existing ungrounded outlets is that economics trumps safety. So what else is new? All new construction and 'filed' improvements require grounded outlets.
Personally, I've never met a ground loop I couldn't fix with either the techniques outlined by Dan Banquer or the loop breaker from ESP (links provided in the link in my post above). If you can't be bothered, or lack the requisite skills, do whatever you want. Its not my problem.
I'm not interested in how many folks may or may not be electrocuted; I'm really only interested in those that I care about not risking their lives needlessly as ground loops can be fixed, without compromising safety. If your calculus finds it best to use that cheater plug, probability is obviously on your side, then go for it. After trying to understand the logic of your response, I might actually encourage you to lift all the grounds.
Statistically, it may be best, longterm, for mankind.
Heck, we all do unsafe things. I enjoy prime cuts of beef with their high fat content, even though I know given my age and family history its not overly wise.
As an aside, there is no such thing as a 'cheater plug'. Those plugs are there to provide a grounded socket where none existed prior, as they're supposed to be used to tie that little tag via the cover screw to a grounded box housing the outlet. If one chooses to repurpose those plugs, its not my problem, or concern.
FWIW
