You: Look, a murder is happening right in front of us.

N: Ya but how do we know whether it is right or wrong? No situation is black and white.

You: If we don't do something, someone is going to die. That's surely something we should prevent.

N: Probably. But who knows? Maybe there is more here than we can see.

You: Sure, but let's just stop the killing first, shall we?

N: See you're being reductive now. The situation could have twenty sides and thirty thousand nuances.

You: Reductive? What are you going on about? What's so complicated about this black and white situation?

N: I don't know. There could be something, right?

You: You're just looking for excuses to not do anything, aren't you?

N: Pretty much. I'm wearing nice clothes. I don't want to get blood and dirt and smoke on them. So finding complications in black and white situations suits me just fine.

You: Then just say so, no?

N: If I just say so, I would look cruel and apathetic.

You: Because you are cruel and apathetic.

N: See you are being simplistic again. There may be complicated reasons behind my cruelty and apathy.

You: Are there?

N: Who knows? Life is infinitely complicated. Anything could be true.