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Gentlemen,
There's a Latin proverb:
De gustibus non disputandum.
('There's no disputing matters of taste')
If I like apples and you like oranges then we are not disagreeing. We just like different things.
Lobolover likes Lovecraft. I like Proust. It's the same sort of thing. We are expressing different preferences. We can explain our different preferences (--maybe I like long descriptions of soirees at duchesses' houses) but, fundamentally, there's no disagreement
This is because we all make value-judgements about books, fruit, pies etc. These are expressions of opinion, not fact. Personally, I'm quite happy to live in a diverse world where people have different tastes. It means that there's always the possibility of trying something new and, maybe, liking it.
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