Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27157999-20160710144119/@comment-26893431-20180227151543

Terawolf119 wrote: 1.  I did not say there must be more, I said that it is extremely likely due to the game being based off real life, I was basing off the ​​​​​​highly plausible chance that they do exist.

2. Again, that is nothing like what I said, what I said was that if spies exist then becuase of the easy border crossing the spies would be numerous and both sides would have inside information on both of their current actions.

3. What advantage would they gain? Considering the Thalmor know that the Empire will play the same card and get them weakened from the Empire keeping them locked in battle.

4. Even if that were true, how would Skyrim gaining independance change that considering they aren't part of the Empire?

Now you are doing an Ad Hominem attack that is adding nothing to the argument. 1. And even if they did, that's still not an argument. Assumptions, especially with a lack of anything to back them up, are not an argument.

2. You can't make conclusions like that when both sides are on high alert. For all we know, both sides don't send spies in fear that one might get caught and a war gets declared.

3. The Empire does not have the resources to spare on the Stormcloaks. What they gain from conqeuring Skyrim? Dividing the Empire's forces. The Empire doesn't know how big the army is in Skyrim if the Dominion claims it, and claiming it would force the Empire to split their forces; High Rock would need an army for their borders, Cyrodiil's northern border would also have to be defended. Even the Redguards would now have to split their forces. The Dominion would only have to create the illusion of having an army in Skyrim to force their enemies to split up, and when they do, they can invade full-force from the south, catching them off-guard.

4. I don't know what you are asking here. My entire fourth point is based on the Stormcloaks possibly winning, and the impossible chance of recovery it would bring. Only if Skyrim remains part of the Empire does it have a chance to rebuild.

Also, not an Ad Hominem, it's pointing out irony. You claim that I make a hasy generalization, while you are making a claim with nothing backing it up.