I know exactly what the post was. I read it at the time. I can honestly say I wasn't offended then and I'm not now. Was it ill-judged? Yes. Was I offended? Did it cause me offence? Of course not.
It also included that other essential ingredient - lots of people getting offended on behalf of others and then saying just how offended they were. Then there was the demanding and re-demanding of apologies. It was like NSCs very own version of the Andrew Sachs affair. Can't believe BG got a ban...