What was the point in scrambling fighter aircraft to escort an airliner in which two passengers were having a?

spat over a seat inclination. Is this another example of complete lack of judgement. Everyone that has ever been on a plane has had the experience of a bad mannered passenger in front dumping your coffee on your lap. But to divert the plane and have a fighter Escort, come on now for goodness sake, the rest of the world thinks we are nuts as it is, but this surely is just proving them correct.