My twopenn'orth would be "There's nowt wrong with strong opinions - why shouldn't you believe in your position. After all, I believe in mine!

But when you stray into opinionated... Ah! Well, if you're not going to listen to me, why should I listen to you?"

There's a difference between opinion & opinionated, if you see what I mean. The real problem lies in the fact that no-one will ever admit that they're opinionated. They're always happy to admit that you've got a right to a different p-o-v, but... :rollseyes: