Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20150430170122/@comment-26038416-20150511230859

Minamoto15 wrote: AllstarUchiha wrote: Tasuxeda wrote: The Uchiha Clan was most likely not ordered to be Konoha Military Police Force they likely had the choice to decline the duty.

The thing about the Uchiha is that their members could likely have chosen not to join the Konoha Military Police Force and participate in the normal government of Konoha if they wanted to do it.

The Uchiha clan had choices in how they acted they could have proven their loyalty to konoha or left Konoha instead they chose to plan to betray the Konoha.

Because what was the other option did they have? Join the people who don't trust you and probably be given missions that would distance them from actually participating in governing affairs or join the police force where they could actually do some good. The Uchiha's weren't given a chance so it didn't matter what choice they made if the people of the village didn't trust them with the exception of Itachi and Shisui. They were always going to be judged by their past. There are other Hokage's that set a good example such Hashirama, Hiruzen and Minato (Not counting Kakashi and Naruto because we're talking about when the Uchiha's were distrusted). I don't understand why you're saying they weren't given a chance. Tobirama created the police force as proof of his trust, not the vice versa. The spying directives of the Anbu was spurred on by Danzō and the other elders sans Hiruzen, not Tobirama, so you shouldn't be blaming him for anything that happened after he died. The Uchiha afterwards could've easily just went to the Hokage, talk it out, and go from there. Danzō couldn't have done anything after that. Instead, they plotted a coup because they were butthurt over not being part of governing body, which is hilarious to me given they insisted on becoming insular in nature. The wellfare of Konoha is the only thing that Tobirama needed to concern himself with, not the Uchiha's feelings. Because the latter didn't happen, they took measures to betray Konoha. That's on THEM.

What I mean is the "Konoha Police Force" was just titles, a job to keep the Uchiha busy so they couldn't participate in other affairs. They couldn't just go to Tobirama because it was obvious he didn't like them and that's not necessarily true, even if they talked with Hiruzen, Danzo would've still did what he wanted, thus when Hiruzen accepted Shisui's option, but he intervened and stole his eye, he wanted the massacre to happen.

A Hokage's job is to protect and lead the village and take care of the villagers like they're family. The Uchiha's are apart of those villagers thus if something was of concern to them, it was part of Tobirama's duty as Hokage to oversee the problem when he had the time. They took measures against Konoha because some of the higher officials of Konoha took measures against them. The part of the village they were banished to was almost outside the village.

I'm not saying put the full blame on Tobirama, but to blame everything on the Uchiha's like they were what was wrong during that time is false.