Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26006790-20140725193452/@comment-9782468-20140726055912

@Kirin, I'll counter your argument about his hard childhood. There's another Ninja who I believe had a harder life/childhood, but he stayed on the right path and became one of Konoha's finest.

It's Hatake Kakashi of course.

Okay, so he obviously looked up to his dad very much, as his dad's reputation rivaled the Sannin's. He then witnessed his dad shamed by his village and the comrades he chose to save, then saw his dad commit suicide. That'd make me hate the village quite a bit. But we're not done.

Then, due to his mentality to adhere to the SHNIOBI system, he lost his eye and then his best friend trying to save their teammate. His friend's dying wish was to keep Rin safe. Kakashi gave his word. I'd be mad at the shinobi system at this point, but that's not all.

Kakashi then broke his promise. Rin died, by his own hand. By the very technique that Obito helped him finished by giving him the sharingan. And not long after that, Kakashi was kept from battling the Nine Tails, the same battle that took his master from him.

And after all this, Kakashi remained a loyal Konoha Shinobi, an example for the whole world.

My point is, just because one goes through a tough childhood, only some kinds of people will become killers for it. Sasuke may have had it rough. But it really is entirely his fault for the way he's been acting. There's a saying, "It's 10% what happens, 90% how you react to it."