Quote Originally Posted by DE
, no. That's not even remotely true in real life. The most efficient way of solving most problems in real life would also be with murder. It's also the least acceptable.
Our legal system makes it such that it isn't the most efficient way.

Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
No, he lost, irreversibly, when he couldn't find the third path when he had to choose from murdering his own people, save one, or dying with all of them. While Naruto is a hopeless idealist, what happened in Konoha was still a giant tragedy and a shining example of why Naruto's message is better than Danzo's. You can't save your people by murdering a big chunk of them. Such thinking is a paradox.
As far as actions go, they're not too different to the pragmatist we all seem to love.

The question is, how hard should you try to find the third path while your options tick away?