Such Lovely Lads é um artigo da Time onde se procura responder à eeguinte questão: Why do so many young British Muslims turn to violence against the land where they were raised?

In a survey for Britain's Channel 4 this year, no less than 22% of Muslims agreed with the proposition that the subway bombings were justified because of "British support for the war on terror." Those under 24 were twice as likely to excuse the attacks as those over 45. A recent Pew study found that 15% of British Muslims identify themselves with fundamentalists. (...) In the Channel 4 poll, 35% said they preferred to have Muslim neighbors, and 28% thought British society does not treat women with respect. Of those ages 18 to 24, 1 in 3 said they would like to live under Shari'a law.

Em vez de procurar as razões para este ódio à civilização ocidental, o artigo prefere misturar os preocupantes sinais de ódio no relativismo cultural. No fundo, o ódio não é uma causa, é apenas um consequência. Daí que, sem supresas, o artigo da Time termine e conclua referindo-se à política externa de Tony Blair, deixando no ar uma espécie de aviso. Como se Tony Blair devesse adaptar-se ao ódio e não o ódio ceder a Tony Blair.

And then there is the foreign policy of Tony Blair's government and its support for the Bush Administration in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. That too shows up in polls and interviews as an explanation for growing disaffection. "One minute the British government is not letting you take iPods on a plane in case you detonate a bomb," says Beena Faridi, of Britain's Islamic Human Rights Commission. "But at the same time they're letting America fly bombs to and from Prestwick Airport [in Scotland] so that the Israelis can collectively punish Lebanon for the kidnap of these two soldiers. It seems that the government has a double standard in its value of life, and that's just going to fuel the isolation of the Muslim community." Says Faridi: "Everything is building up." Britain hasn't yet figured out how to calm it down.