I think people were completely aware that it wasn't necessarily MEANT to offend anyone. But, there have been plenty of jokes and/or non offensive threads on this forum that have ended up offending someone. Again, it's not a pity to be offended. There may be things that you feel like devoting energy to that others may think are pointless. That's what makes the world go around. And, it doesn't make it any less offensive to the offended if everyone else doesn't see the point in arguing about it. I can specifically remember a thread about rednecks that offended most of the people who read it, even though the poster meant it as a joke, albeit tasteless. I, personally, wasn't offended in the slightest, but, I am not about to tell someone that they shouldn't be offended. Anyway....my two cents.