Dave - much the same can be said for any dislike. I don't like chocolate- can't stand the taste of the stuff - but I've almost come to blows with one person who effectively called me a liar and just couldn't understand that my tastebuds were not attuned to that particular taste. I still get people saying 'how could you not like chocolate?'. As a child I was in constant battle with my father over milk and coffee. I could not drink them and he could never understand why I didn't like them.

I've learned, from personal experience, that my likes and dislikes are not shared by the rest of the population. I hope that has made me more tolerant of other peoples views on music, food et al. Maybe we all need to have a little more tolerance and understanding in that area. I try not to react when someone ridicules my opinion - basically, I know how I feel - if someone else takes offence at my opinion that is their problem, not mine. I see no need to defend my own viewpoint in most things.