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Which is More Offensive?

Taxonomy and social irritation are my home territory, so when Carbolic posed that question to me last September I went to work immediately. I still don't have a confident answer, however. Here is the issue: A brush with a skateboarder involves loud, rackety invasion of personal space. It's offensive, hands down. Recumbent cyclists tend to maintain a polite berth, but the recumbent riding position requires a total degradation of self-dignity that is offensive in its own way.

Frankly, I'm stuck. Which is it?

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on January 11, 2009 (boomark / email).