Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20140411233703/@comment-3306440-20140416094623

Elveonora wrote: This. I think that generally, truly evil people don't exist. Only those who have some sort of brain disorder which disallows them to feel any empathy or so, only they can "just choose" to do something evil.

Generally, we do "evil" things because we let our emotions take precedence over rational thought. Like we try to justify our wrong-doings with others having done wrong-doings to us, eye for an eye so to speak. But doesn't avenging your murdered loved one by making sure the murderer meets justice equal to spitting on the murdered one's grave? That would have been retarded if Sasuke just chose to be like: "those who shall be punished shall be left/remain unpunished"

Sometimes we do something evil for what we consider the greater good. This may not be appropriate, but it REALLY is just an example. If you handled me a gun and told me to choose between my relative and some stranger I could care less about, I could in theory shoot the less relevant individual without as much as a second thought. I would have chose to do an evil act. Tho regret and realization would kick in seconds later obviously. But would have been letting my relative die the better alternative, if you can call it that? I wouldn't have committed a murder, but my family or friend would be dead, so...

To Sasuke, his family and clansmen mattered more than some unrelated Konoha villager selling fruits a mile away. And relatives matter more to the majority of us. Deny it or not, in your place Foxie, Ultimate or whoever, you would do the same.

Also stating that Sasuke's soul is more black than a coffee is as untrue as it can get. Call me crazy, but I read something about respecting his brother's will by instead of pursuing revenge, attempting to get position in the governing duties to make sure such a thing won't happen again. He has realized that revenge doesn't mean justice, it won't bring dead back only more suffering, how isn't that good?

Very reasonable. This thread has become really interesting. :D