User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right part 2/@comment-9156240-20130604214324/@comment-9156240-20130605014749

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 * Generally, the Empire enforcing the ban on Talos worship implies that the Thalmor also enforces it. The Thalmor has control over what the Empire is enforcing, and although there is very little detail in-game on what exactly is going on between the Thalmor and Imperials, it can be assumed that the Thalmor have general control over the Empire.


 * I find that claim to be completely biased. I have yet to meet a Dark Elf who openly scorns Nordic culture for little to no reason. All of the Dunmer I've met have been bitter because of the way the Nords treat them and their traditions. It's the Bully-effect, as I like to call it. When someone is mean to you, you might feel the need to be mean right back at them. The Nords mistreat and belittle the Dunmer in Windhelm and so those Dunmer feel the need to dislike Nords. However, this is over-simplifying things. Not all Nords hate all minorities just like not all minorities hate the Nords. Some simply don't care and choose to ignore the Nords. Others, like Belyn Hlaalu, choose to work twice as hard to make a proper living in Skyrim and gain the respect of Nords. But onto the point I'm trying to make: Simply because a certain group of people are upset about the way they are mistreated, why should that bitterness be used against them as an excuse to not save their lives if they're in danger. Because what I see you saying in your claim is these Dunmer don't deserve to be saved. So why do the Nords deserve to be saved if Ulfric is running so low on men and resources?


 * Similar to Zippertrain85, you're combining the innocent descendents of the ancient Dunmer with their ancestors who fought ancient Nordic raiders. Similarly, you're also assuming that the descendants of those Nordic raiders consider Dunmer "ancient enemies." That's kind of like saying all southern white people in America think that black people should still be slaves because they were slaves in the past. This is a foolish generalization and completely untrue. I have family in the south who are quite the opposite and get offended when they find out that people really do think silly things like that. Perhaps, in the future, you should consider the individual instead of the group (from the past).


 * Actually, the men are partially to blame for the fate of the Falmer. They drove the Snow Elves underground and kept them there. That eventually forced them to eat the poisoness fungi and become Dwemer slaves/servants. It is also partially the Snow Elves' fault and the Dwemers' fault. Your last two questions are guesses, and therefore, I can't treat them like actual argumentative/debatable claims.