When did winning an argument become more important than the sanctity of life?

Two disturbing news reports in this paper point to how trivial confrontations ended in tragic deaths. In the first, a Nashik businessman died after being thrown off a bridge in Kongaon, Bhiwandi, when a fight broke out with three scooter-riders. The argument began after the scooter-riders overtook the businessman’s car on a bridge in Bhiwandi, and ended with them throwing the motorist off the bridge. In another tragedy, a 19-year-old boy from Mumbai killed his mother after she demanded that he show her his report card. He did not want to show it to her as he had skipped his exams.