@firefox: But here's the thing, Madara went through hell and he was already planning peace since he was young in the flashback. When he lost all of his family, he was beginning to lose his mind and wants what's fair. Hashirama wants balanced, so Madara agreed and he was beginning to recover. But his people and Senju didn't like the idea of Madara being Hokage because he can be crazy and basically trust was ruined a long time ago. So Madara got betrayed by everyone. Remember the location they were at, he was at the tablet spot. That's when Madara went crazy. Remember, he always wanted peace but at the same time, he wants what's fair. The moon eye plan is the way to go. He lost everything, so if you become desperate, you'll do anything to get that dream.
Recall that Zetsu kept waiting and waiting. Madara has a best shot until he lost to Hashirama. Zetsu was about to give up on him but little did he know, Madara was a legit genius. After all, he did the plan. It wasn't a total fail. Now you said that at anytime, someone will take the bait. Maybe, but it wouldn't be the same timeline as today. So you can say what if the one who took the bait happened after Naruto is dead. Anything is possible.
I'm aware of the above for what drove Madara to that point but still what i was trying to say is even if BZ didn't wrote that he would have still gone the path of achieving "Peace trough Power" its just the means for that would have been different just like Indra was going about that before the Tablet and BZ tempting him .
As for the bolded i agree the timeline would have been different and it took BZ quite a lot of time for someone to took it but still their Uciha insanity is in their blood so someone would have took it eventually i think , but my point was even with BZ altering the tablet it was still their choice he didn't force them to go to trough that path that's why to me they are insane and idiotic clan ( even though Madara was desperate) to even believe that was written was the path trough peace you know putting all that faith in what was written on that tablet which of course wasn't the right thing to do , all of this just made them insane stupid idiots not victims because it was their choice in the end .
I couldn't agree more. The Uchiha made all the choices on their own, the only people they can blame for their trouble is themselves. They decided to put faith in a tablet rather then the world around them, and decided to try to use force to obtain power.
To me it's the same as when people try to excuse Sasuke's actions because he was Indra's reincarnation or (regarding his actions at the bridge) because he was immersed in the Uchihas curse of hatred or was mentally unstable. He made all of the choices he did on his own, he is accountable for his actions. No excuses.
Exactly (especially the Sasuke thing) nobody forced them they had options/choices and they choose poorly , even if the truth about the tablet is revealed who's to say that after some time an Uciha won't go insane and go on a different way to achieve that or go for the same path also ? I mean with the way that they are portrayed as insane/unstable/idiotic/and easily manipulative the chances that they won't do it are not in their favor at all .
I was kidding. Although seeing Hinata does make me
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What if the Rikudou Sennin wrote tablet like the ten commandments.
"Thou shalt not kill someone you love to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Thou shalt not watch someone you love die to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan.
If thou shalt obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan; Thou shalt not steal Senju Cells to obtain the Rinnegan.
If thou shalt obtain the Rinnegan; Thou shalt not gather the Bijuu's to form the Juubi."
And then at the end the Rikudou wrote "PS. Ah screw it, you're going to do it anyway because you're Uchiha's. So forget what I wrote." 
Someone should make a MEME out of this and put it in the hall of fame , that last line though is priceless

Edited by NarutoFireFoxUzumaki, 20 June 2014 - 05:43 PM.