. He was Itachi's superior at the end of the day.
itachi already proved he didnt care about rank when he threatened to betray the entire village
And at the end of the day, even if he wasn't a part of the clan at the time, he was still an Uchiha and even then it would cause people to dislike the Uchiha as a whole. They tend to generalize.
who cares. theyre dead. the name being sullied means nothing as itachi expected sauske to redeem it any fukin way
e stated right off the bat that he had no desire to fight them. He took no enjoyment in the conflict.
he violently attacked them and in doing so, declared war on the entire village. he tortured kakashi to near death and put him in a coma for no reason. he attacked them for NO REASON. him not enjoying it is irrelevant. it was easily avoidable for someone like him
And he only ordered that after Kakashi (for whatever reason) told them to their faces that he had intel on them, and in an organization like Akatsuki, it's standard to take those out who have intel on you.
no it isnt. its cold blooded murder for no legitimate reason.
itachi was the one who pretty much flat out told them they were after naruto and kakashi merely knowing the name of the organisation is useless information.
and by that logic, shouldnt itachi pretty much start exterminating everyone once the cat got out of the bag and kakashi woke up/told everyone? this is the logic itachi presented so he should maintain it.
unless he simply felt like ordering the murder of someone who did nothing to him out of spite.
Kisame even looked directly at Itachi in the manga waiting for his response once Kakashi said that.
so what? kisame listens to itachi without fail. if itachi decides to leave them alone then kisame will obey. if not then kisames committed treason against his superior.
But regardless, it was still a sin. But at least he showed remorse for it while committing the crime and apologized as an Edo, while admitting his faults later on.
he didnt show remorse for 99% of his other crimes. so yeah not forgiven. the reason he apologised is because sasuke turned evil.
not because he wrongfully hurt and tortured him. that he was fine with as long as sasuke did what he wanted later and stayed loyal.
Orochimaru took JOY in murdering and experimenting on not only adults but CHILDREN and BABIES for power. Shinobi were also loyal to their teammates. Orochimaru disposed of his students like they were garbage. He even used Zaku and Kin as sacrfices for the Edo Tensei.
irrelevant. you said that killing kids and murdering people is all part of being a ninja. so whether they enjoy it or not should be completely irrelevant. i mean if someone like kisame was still a part of a major village do you think theyd do anything except slap him on the wrist for smiling creepily as he takes down enemies?
theres no reason to say "this person is totally an evil ninja" but then use the justification "hes a ninja" to rationalise away another evil person and whitewash him of all deeds.
theres a reaosn why the action itself is the most important aspect of morality.
theres no reason thatd justify genocide for example. its genocide. no matter how you paint it, its an evil thing to do.
You wouldn't kill your brother if he was a threat to your home and knew that if you didn't innocent people were going to die?
your saying itachi followed that philosophy his whole life?
itachi knew orochimaru was a threat, he knew if he didnt do anything, innocent people were going to be horribly massacred. and what did he do? hmm...nothing. at all. jackshit. nada.
he knew danzo was a threat and was going to brainwash more kids if not stopped.
he knew sasuke was a threat and was going to hurt more people if not stopped.
itachi dropped any kind of morality or decency once he killed his family.
