I can echo all that, Dave (even to the point of being approx as old as you, approx as Catholic as you and approx as northern as you - Radcliffe lad, tha knows). Must've said "I'm not racist, but..." hundreds of times in my youth. Nowadays my vow with myself is to always find a way of challenging racism if I'm confronted by it.

Yep, I try not to be prejudiced, but those soft southern bastards will never believe me!