Nope........not a preference thing. A good Sati can actually knock out my Indica pain-killing med effect.....and there is nowt worth being crippled for...
Oh, if you really mean it.... then i let it be, but, you said it, there is always a but - and according to my analyze during the years; you do like the high from a sativa if you were healthy without pain. And that according to body-type and sense of humor etc.
