I'm not into Home Theater but...

Without getting into theological issues, although I can certainly appreciate Mcne's comments, I think everyone can see the importance of NOT provoking violence or becoming confrontational/adversarial in situations like the one Marakanetz described. Violence begets violence, and often the consequences of such actions are not pretty. When those men started kicking the nephew's car, the nephew should have realized that these men were "on-the-edge" to respond in that manner. He should have never gotten out of the car to confront them. If he would have swallowed his machismo and simply drove off then he and his friend would probably not have been harmed. This is an easy mistake to make when you are young and strong, but unfortunately it sometimes results in these kinds of unfortunate tragedies. The bottom line is that it doesn't pay to be confrontational in such situations. What if, instead, your nephew had seriously injured his attackers from the other vehicle -- either way, the outcome is an unacceptable tragedy. I am very sorry that your nephew had to learn this hard lesson and that his friend was killed. In my youth, I had done the same types of foolish things as your nephew, and was very fortunate that my friends and I escaped serious injury. In this crazy violent world you are often better off not flipping someone the bird (even if they are idiots) and if they flip you the bird or curse you, just ignore them and go about your business.