I would hope most will acknowledge this is more of an age thing than anything else. And like all things, tastes develop, change and mature over time in most cases.

Children love juice because they love sugar. Typically by some time in elementary school, they switch to soft drinks/soda and will typically be drinking cola, dr. pepper, mountain dew, whatever well into their 20s. For the sugar and also for the caffeine.

While there are plenty of people who start early (and a lot of early alcoholics among these) generally speaking, tastes in alcoholic beverages don't develop until early adulthood. For the young, inexperienced drinker, they usually drink what masks the taste of alcohol best, has the most amount of sweetness, and what gets them inebriated fastest.

Erm, last I checked, XTC is still very illegal and anything related to the MDMA group of drugs is illegal and unregulated, hence dangerous.

It is not a case of defend, but merely reason. If the vast majority of people do something and you do not, and it is not necessarily a bad thing, then that makes the person abnormal thus they shoud at least be prepared to reason why. If someone said "I don't lke getting drunk & I get drunk easily", or "the price is too high" etc, then fair enough. But to say "I don't like the taste" is the same as saying "I don't like films because of the plot". It makes no sense as it is a wee bit pants-on-head retarded :p

I agree alcohol in moderation is not bad, but still nothing like a vegetable.  That was my point.

as far as why mormons don't drink... it is kind of hard to explain over the internet, but I guess I will try.  Mormons believe in both physcal and spritual health.  We also believe that the two are linked, if one is harmed, the other is harmed as well.  Now, as you said, Jesus drank wine as did all sorts back in biblical days, but the bible also states in many places how an excess of wine is bad.  

In modern times, ease of access to alcohol and other harmful substances prompted the word of wisdom which is kind of a law of health that mormons follow.  Basically, it is a different time, and to prevent bad things from happening we are just told to stay away completely.  

That is the bare bones of it anyway.  Here is a better explanation if you want it.

http://ldswhy.com/qa/what%E2%80%99s-up-with-wine/#more-620

Cool, thanks for sharing that. 

Guess what? I love the taste of beer, wine and champagne and LOVE that it gets me drunk. Do I feel bad? Fucking no!

I don't drink and I don't like the taste of alcohol. I've sampled many alcoholic beverages and, yes, most of them taste different, but they all do in fact have a strong alcohol taste that I don't like. I also don't like lemons and I've tasted various kinds of lemons and I don't like any of them. I also don't like BBQ sauce of which I've tried many brands and never liked a single one.

Stop telling people what to do. We don't have to drink because you say so and we don't have to develop a taste for it. To many it is a drug that comes with as many problems as it has benefits. Nobody needs to drink to lead a full and enjoyable life.

People who don't drink alcohol tend to have this opinion of themselves that they're somehow better or more well-rounded than drinkers. Get over yourselves, you're just as flawed only your flaws maybe well hidden. So I don't think of drinking alcohol as a flaw, it is what it is. A mind bending drug that can be used for enjoyment. Nothing more. I enjoy tea and coffee and many other beverages but because I choose to get drunk in my own house doesn't make me any less awesome. And if you think it does you really should look at yourself before you continue to judge.

i like have a healthy lifestyle and im abit of a fitness addict. i still go out with my mates when they drink i just drink water. i get alot of shit of them but it gets to a certain point where they get so drunk they think im also drinking 

Exactly this. 

I'm somewhat the same though - surely you most know a drink or two won't have any lasting effect beyond a few days?

Lemons all taste like, guess what, lemons.

BBQ sauce also has very little room to change in flavour.

Wine and whiskey? You've got to be joking. Cocktails like Long Island Ice Tea, Woo Woo and Cheecky V have, as far as I can and could tell when I started drinking, no detectable alcohol flavour. Give them a try. 

I never said drinking is required for a full life. I said writing off such a large selection of flavours through ignorance and arrogance is not a good trait to have.