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Right. Determining a course of action as if it is the only course of action but before you've made a reasonable investigation of all your options is stupid. Determining a course of action and doggedly taking it no matter whether you can match the benefit with the cost is equally foolish.
I don't think anybody is saying absolutely the M's must sign Fielder and no one else, and they must sign him no matter what the cost.
The assertion is being made by the "no on Fielder" crowd, that assertion being that you simply DO NOT EVER sign Fielder under the current circumstances of the team. The opposition crowd is not a "must sign Fielder" crowd, it is a "may sign Fielder" crowd or, at most, a "must strongly consider signing Fielder" crowd marshalling counter-arguments against the "no on Fielder" crowd.