I think the trick is to stop thinking of them as roses. Think of them as landscape shrubs and you could gain a fine appreciation for them. How many landscape shrubs bloom almost year-round? They're certainly prettier than privet.
On a related note, I wish that guy hadn't misspelled the name of the Knock Out roses in the title of his article that came out today. People who search for "Knockout" in our database probably won't find any. It's two words, not one.
