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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

That may or may not be true. The only issue is why you have to insist he's an idiot for doing so. You have the perspective of an audience member, who with a knowledge of tropes, can somewhat predict how the story will flow. Especially considering the narrative tries to make both of them eternal rivals, with the Rider War and all that. But from Kouta's perspective, it is simply doing the right thing and nothing more.

There is nothing wrong or idiotic in trying to do the right thing. Kouta's not on a moral highhorse, he didn't go on some spiel about how he's better than anyone else. He's just doing what he thinks is right. Whether it will bite him later on or not does not factor into his decision because he wouldn't know what Baron would eventually become. Again, he doesn't have the audience's perspective. Isn't it a fair thing to give Baron the benefit of the doubt?

It may be a disastrous decision (we don't know yet), but it's not idiotic and regardless of whether it will bite him later or not, I applaud him for sticking to his principles.

Finally, the Doctor may have said, "The best war, is one never started" but he also said:

"Do I have the right? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it. The Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, thousands of generations can live without fear, in peace, and never even know the word Dalek...But if I kill, wipe out a whole intelligent lifeform, then I become like them. I'd be no better than the Daleks."

Even if it would eventually result in his species' extinction and the death of countless lives, the Doctor kept to his principles.

But as I explained, this is not a question of life and death, it's only the disarming of the villain. In the civilised world, we take the weapons away from the Dictator, not their life. Kouta had no reason to be against disarming Baron. He's surely seen enough movies to know how this will end.