Airport security - dumb and dumber

It's get down on public stupidity day at The Impolitic. I have to ask why 75% of the public supports the almost useless banning of carry on toothpaste on airplanes when tons of uninspected cargo is loaded into the bellies of the same damn planes they're about to board? A situation allowed to continue unabated because the airline and cargo industries are afraid it will interfere with business as usual. Not to mention the total lack of adequate screening of airport employees.

Inside airport security has been breached time and time again in tests undertaken by experts. Why do people acquiesce to feel-good measures at the gate that don't solve the problem instead of demanding better procedures that do?