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by twic 4193 days ago
If it weren't for the spelling, i would assume bvanslyke was a British English speaker. In British English, "no offence" means "I am going to offend you now". It's generally felt to be the decent thing to do to warn people, you see.

http://www.bellenglish.com/EnglishBlog/2012-09-04/No-offence...