User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-173.20.179.52-20121212191738

The Empire outlawed Talos worship to save the Empire from the Dominion allowing the Empire to build up it's forces.

Ulfric started a cause with a noble goal to put himself into power.

You have to ask yourself which is worse; doing the wrong thing for the right reasons or doing the right thing for the wrong reasons? Incompetence or Greed is all it boils down to and Incompetence was taking care of in the Dark Brotherhood questline, the Greed in the Stromcloaks still lingers on.