My debate was wether the intentions of the poster were genuine or not rather than whehter the choice of wording were offensive or not. Out of curiosity (and I am not claiming this is true - I have no idea about the eating habbits of the average Brittish person let alone American ones and I think the concept very niave) but how would a title: A concern over world hunge followed by:

"I am an American and I am aware that I over-eat and I believe that many of my fellow countrymen do the same. I have recently become concerned that this over indulgance is depriving others of food. Do you think that as a nation, we should try to cut down on our consumption in an effort to help those less fortunate than us"

have been recived? I gave the guy the benifit of the doubt and assumed he was trying to say something along those lines.

Jon