Good points all. I think I expected more sheer blind predudice but there is still time.

The point made about actually listening as opposed to just sitting through it, was a good one and touched a nerve. I was going to write a reply but here are the words to a song that would probably say it better. Have you got one Bert?

It takes the form of a conversation/argument between an established couple, who both want to be listened to but it also about what appears to be becoming 'the lost art of listening'.

LISTEN TO ME

You listen to the wind
You listen to the sea
You even listen to, the rain on your window
Why won't you listen to me?

You listen to your radio
You listen to your TV
You even listen to the static
Why won't you listen to me?

It's not that what I've got to say is so profound
But if you don't listen to the sound
If you don't hear the show, you won't know, what you're missing
It's a waste of time, you'll find, when nobody listens

You listen to your Walkman
You listen to your CD
You even listen to the traffic
Why won't you listen to me?

You listen to your hair-drier
You listen to your washing machine
You even listen to the water in the attic
Why won't you listen to me?

If we get credit for what we have to say
I would like to suggest another way
You say, you have the way, you have the vision
No not you, I'll give it to, the few that will listen

You've got to listen to the small print
Just like you strain your eyes to see
To listen, with your glasses on
That's the way, I would like you to listen to me

And I'll try to listen to you
The way I would like you
To listen to me

Listen to me

Roger Gall 1997