It is interesting that Jon Ronson comes out on top in all of these encounters. This is the problem with the faux naif style. The book is full of episodes where Ronson says things lilke: 'But Omar, I thought we were becoming friends?' Why is it necessary that he become friends with these people? It begs the question of does he like them really in the first place? I think he was being a little dishonest about his motives in this book. He claims to be genuinely interested in understanding their point of view but ends up giving them enough rope to hang themselves. This is what he does in all his work.