You are either ignorant, have a broken taster, or have never eaten properly prepared calamari.
One of the good things about our 20-year "exile" in MA was the availability of great calamari dishes.
In one restaurant, I would usually order just the fried calamari appetizer and a house salad -- a great meal!
Another tiny, neighborhood cafe had calamari sauteed with hot peppers served over pasta on their Fridy night special menu. It was so delicious that I never got around to trying anything from their regular menu...
OTOH, you may be right. I for one, have never tasted cow flop -- nor do I intend to do so!!! '-)
that's quite a range there, dontcha think? do you really want to start a brawl over freaking squid, for heaven's sake?