User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120629132604/@comment-3472264-20120705150921

Obviously none of you are thinking the whole situation with the elves all the way through, the Dunmer don't do anything about how poorly they're treated in Windhelm because they can't because of how rude everyone is to them. Second as Sgt. S.S. already stated the entire Empire isn't to blame because one Imperial Captain was a bitch, Hadvar was even visibly displeased with the choice to execute the Dovahkin. Also to Thedoucheinthenorth, the Empire doesn't aggravate the Thalmor under the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction or M.A.D although the actual concept itself applies to nuclear weapons in the real world the idea is exactly the same, both sides would take heavy causulties and if both sides were not wiped out then it would be a Pyrrhic Victory for the side that ultimately survives and if you don't know what that is it's a victory that comes at such a devastating cost that another would completely destroy the victor. At least the Empire doesn't treat elves like crap like Ulfric does and as Ulfric is the leader of the Stormcloaks the idea that the Stormcloaks hate elves while not enitrely true does mean that even if all Stormcloaks didn't hate the elves they would still be treated like crap because their leader does. Also just because they have a strong arguement for hating the elves does not make it justified, you claim you hate racism yet you believe that they elves deserve every bit of treatment they recieve even those that have done no wrong, that in itself is the biggest example of hypocrisy I have ever seen.