Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-37790263-20181211231405/@comment-37790263-20181213161852

Ninja Of War wrote: @Ultima

Good one.

@ShisuiTheDrownedCrow

On your points 1) and 2). Those were not the main reasons. As @Ultima has said, the main reason was a coup d'etat would have almost certainty have lead to an invasion from another village. That was to be avoided at all costs. So the konoha council decided to allow Shisui to use Koto on Fugaku to avert it.

Danzo disagreed, and instigated his own plan to obtain Shisui's MS and make Itachi kill off his clan by giving him an ultimatum. Itachi followed through to save his brother and because he loved the village, and consequently not segregated by clan lines. This is clear because it happened exactly that way in the manga, there is no opinion to be had of how it actually happened lol.

Note: Not trying to destroy your argument. Many users get confused about this and make up their own versions of characters and events apart from what is canon.

I don't see how anything you said "destroyed my argument", you agreed with my assessment of Itachi's 1st reason, gave a valid rebuttal to my second, and ignored the "phantom villages". Konoha was not attacked despite being weakened substantially 3 times after the massacre. The only times other villages made attempts to attack Konoha was interestingly when it was united and at full power; Otogakure and Sunagakure attacked the village in the middle of the Chunin exams, in broad daylight, and with some of it's strongest shinobi clearly present. After the assassination of Hiruzen, the village was reeling in terms of infrastructure and morale. After the 9 Tails attack, many shinobi were killed, the infrastructure was devastated and the legendary "Yellow Flash" was dead, along with the current Jinchuriki Kushina. The village was at it's weakest. If the other villages wanted to attack, i can't think of a better time ; especially for Kumogakure. During Pain's attack, the village was literally blown off the map. After Pain's attack, the village was in ruins. The excuse "other villages would have invaded 100%" is ludicrous, and only a thing created later on because Kishimoto needed a reason to villify the Uchiha and justify Itachi's massacre of them. A problem arises here however: you don't commit genocide against a entire race of people because of a hypothetical. The ethical implications of justifying that are grave. Moreover, this isn't my "opinion", nothing aside from my belief on the massacre is subjective. No other villages attacked Konoha when it was compromised 3 times, that's an objective fact; a fact those who agree with the massacre ignore. The genocide of the Uchiha was not necessary, it was forced by sabotage. If Hiruzen had Danzo under control, Shisui would have been successful in placing Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku, and defusing the situation long enough to resolve it without violence.