last i checked batman did not do the following
True...
- mindrape and torture an innocent 7 year old boy for 72 hours with horrific visions of his parents being violently killed
The only other alternative was to kill him.... also it wasnt 72 hours only Kakashi's version was. Also as per Japanese traditions, Harakiri is not considered horrific.... rather it was the traditional way traitors died. (Rather symbolic there)
Possibly many shinobi does that .... But there is no proof that there was other children than Sasuke at that time.
- betray and threaten to commit high treason against his entire city
His threat was that if Danzo ever hurt Sasuke he would tell people the truth of the Uchiha massacre. And lets face it Danzo deserved that.
- join a gang of criminals, get no useful intel out of them and help them viciously murder people including a high officer of his city's allied nation
The only people he cld have repotred to was Danzo, Hiru and the council.... and strangely Danzo knew a lot, including when to abandon the village when Pein attacked.
- abandon his own dying comrade whos lying 2 feet away to a slow painful death in the middle of nowhere
Who?
- selfishly run from his problems and leave it all to someone else he barely knows
Dont most people do that in NV....... also whether he knew Naruto for long or not Naruto himself said something that made Itachi give him the crow.
- mindrape, torture then try to murder his own comrade in arms in cold blood
And very strangely fail at that when he had nearly every advantage possible, not mention only use Genjutsu. Also Kakashi wasnt planning to have a tea party with him.
- not react with any kind of emotion after finding out his friend and comrade has died
............ The Shinobi Rule that Sakura breaks? Not necesarrily. Also Batman does this too.
- attempt to brainwash and enslave a boy
And make him the redeemer of his cursed clan. Noble intention but flawed planning.
- beat his own brother to near death and leave him in a coma
but not for dead..... needed Sasuke to hate him and grow stronger.