Not so fast. First of all, you generally have two types of posts from passengers in this forum: those who disagree with the very concept of screening and view any security measure as an affront to individual liberty and civil rights and those who accept the reality of airport security but are genuinely interested in finding out why something happened to them at a particular checkpoint.
I think there is a third type of passenger, one who wants security to be effective. I wouldn't mind taking shoes off, removing jackets, etc. if I knew that this was somehow making us more secure. I think we can all agree that many of the security measures in place today (and Feb 15 with the new ban on lighters) are not doing anything to make us safer, rather it's a big waste of time and money.