WHERE is the line drawn between banter and offensive behaviour or jokes?

It's a question one 32-year-old married father might be asking himself after he was brought before magistrates in Brecon for singing, what he described, as a Welsh rugby song.

The dad had been returning from a wedding reception with other guests when one took offence at the line 'I'd rather cut my f****** arm off than be English' and reported the man for a racist comment.

When before the court he pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order charge.

The dad admitted singing other songs about England, which can be commonly heard in pubs whenever Wales take on England at rugby.

Last year a controversy erupted after the first Wales V England football international in six years saw both sets of supporters boo their rivals' anthems at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

Are such incidents a mere extension of a friendly rival - or do they hint at something more sinister?

Our poll asks, is it racist to sing I'd rather cut my arm off than be English?