I...along with many other posters...have made a similar point in the past. And you KNOW it’s going to happen sooner or later. Some dude will pack a plastique charge in his jockstrap and, successful or not, watch what happens then.....
One potential shoe-bomber results in hundreds of millions of travelers removing shoes for the indefinite future.
A couple of unfortunately successful bra-bombers in Russia results in the groping incidents we witnessed over the previous holiday season.
As a frequent traveller with no more nefarious intent than to pass through airports as fast as possible, I’ve got to wonder what additional security outrages we’ll be faced with in the future.