This Analogy is one I've used, albeit differently. The Analogy works as is in a closed sort of fan, that doesn't interact or see the opinions of others.
But more often than not, its like this:
You order a Deluxe Cheeseburger from the menu, with fries and a soda and a slice of pie. The person you are with says that isn't on the menu. They order a salad, pointing to the same item you ordered. You say there isn't any salads here, both reading the menu differently, which, is in Italian.
When your food arrives, it is as the second person said. And yet so often this successful Translation is ignored, disregarded, accused of conspiring with the waiter to get the salad,,because, psychologically, many can't say they were wrong. Maybe it's a passion issue, loyalty issue, even pride issue, but I know very well when I post, that very few, if anyone, will change their stance that has been so ingrained in it. It's cognitive dissonance, versus reconciliation.
You'll have to elaborate what was promised, and I could be wrong, but I find the end wrapped things up neatly, and things ended really, as expected: Naruto became Hokage, is the beef of it, and the great Nations work together and cooperate. More or less the pairings made sense as well, as the smaller pieces at the end. This doesn't make me Pro-NH, as you said in an earlier post, I don't ship NH, nor do I ship SS, I ship NS. I -defend- the end though, and the canon pairings with it, because most of the anger/hatred towards it is because of pairings. I read a post saying it wasn't about pairings, then they always circle back to pairings. They tend to start with comments on plot holes, minor characters not getting screen time (Orochimaru and Team Taka notable comments). I've seen mentions of unfinished "threads", and still, it always, as the discussion goes on, circles back to pairings, a bash at the author, another display of hatred. The difference between some of us, why I don't act this way, is simply I avoided cognitive dissonance, and I understood that I was wrong about NS being the final pairing. In no way does everyone act like this, thankfully.
This is nothing against what people post, full respect for a opinion that avoids being hateful. I judged the quality of the above post, because their tangent had nothing to do with their argument. And when I see a really well done post, I'll point it out, even if its a point of view I disagree with. I go out of my way even to be thankful to respectful posts...and can get Snarky when someone employs too much hate.
You didn't understand what was written, did you? Again writing the same things as an answer?
There is no 'right' or 'wrong' in that sense. This is a piece of literature, not a one-dimensional line of correlation.
Do you even realize what you are suggesting with what you wrote?
I don't even want to argue. Just think about what you wrote in your fourth paragraph.
The end wrapped up the most important things: Naruto became Hokage, Sasuke was 'back' and through the war the nation's came together. So far, so good.
But how is it with other things? You spoke about the pairings, for example.
As of chapter 699, and what happened shortly before, NH and SS had to happen - because that was the last chapter and there was no room anymore for a twist or something like that. There was simply no other way.
I don't know if you will believe me or not, but I didn't care about Naruto for nearly 8 years (And didn't ship anything before it, just thought NS was surely to happen) and just pretty recently watched the whole Anime. I knew the end pairings and cheered for NH in the back of my mind. And the end pairings made enough sense to be acceptable. But this doesn't mean that there aren't huge problems with the pairings, that instantly bugged me:
NH was quasi non-existent. I don't care how much anyone tries to overanalyze things, there was nothing going on with the two till (and even afterwards) the confession. It was introduced as a classical 'girl-that-loves-the-outcast-but-doesnt-voice-it' cliché and stayed like that till the very end. I waited and waited for NH situations but in the end there were only two: The confession and the war hand-holding.
But the most important thing with NH is: Till the very end, Naruto wasn't able to get Sakura out of his head. And he felt partly guilty to not recognize Hinata's love for him earlier (and I am not speaking about The Last) and didn't show any genuine reciprocation.
You know what this is? A VERY bad combination of things for romance.
I know how you will respond now with The Last, but we have discussed that enough.
Furthermore it is never really stated there that he doesn't understand love - it only is one of Sakura's thoughts to reassure Hinata. The only thing really stated is that Naruto is dumb enough to not be able to understand Hinata's love for him.
Another point is SS: Differently to NH, there was always the foundation and history there for it to happen, but it lacked something more important: love. There was simply none. Nowhere, never. Crying two times was enough for it to be later portrayed as true love. A joke.
But it isn't that important if it is a good pairing or not. Following the course of the story, I would be able to believe that it was possible that SS was aimed at (As much as I think that that 'planned' thing is ridiculous; I could nearly always say that if the pair has enough history, feelings or interaction).
But NH was never ever thought of as a pairing till much later in the story. That wouldn't make sense.
Not that this 'planned' thing is important, but it is helpful to understand the course of the story.
Let's face it: NS was a long long time the most probable pairing by far, till it was shot off very late, whether it was always planned or not.
But the problem is: You can't make the things unwritten afterwards. And that more exactly means: Letting NS open that long and giving it the most (and personally speaking the best) scenes by far, hindered and blocked NH/SS and made them look bad, underdeveloped and forced.
What you need to understand is this: The thought that the pairings are just another thing that went down the drain together with the writing.
The pairings are an epitome of what went bad with the ending. You are on a NS site, it is just natural to include the pairings into things when talking about the ending.
But the pairings don't even matter that much. They could be as bad as anyone can imagine it - they only would be bad end pairings (on the other hand, wouldn't even that be enough to not like the ending? It isn't like you are not allowed to think that the ending is bad, because you think the pairings make no sense).
But important is, that they seamlessly integrate into other things that were bad. You listed yourself many good points and I can't understand why you don't think that they are important.
There are many fans that hated the ending and moved on. There are enough NH/SS fans that hate the ending, there are enough NH fans that hate The Last.
The stance is not unique, nor baseless.
If you want, I could write a novel-length essay about what is wrong with the ending. And it is not only about the ending and what came afterwards itself, but also an accumulation of things throughout the whole story.
But everyone wrote so many points to you already, including me, so...
) , looks to me like they cared more for that than their 15 years owngoing story.
I read it just like I would read any other manga or story so it's like...huh?? 
