User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164216/@comment-3472264-20120710031003

No this article seems like it was written by someone who heavily favors the Stormcloaks. First of all it claims that because of the White-Gold Concordat that The Blades were disbanded and that the Empire is at fault for that that is not true in any way the Great War was what caused The Blades to be disbanded it just so happens that the White-Gold Concordat was also a result of that war. Second it claims the previously mentioned treaty gave the Thalmor the right to wander the Provinces and enforce the Talos ban, while this is true what it fails to mention is that they wouldn't be in Skyrim if Ulfric hadn't antagonized them by causing the civil war. Third what it also doesn't mention is that the Empire had to sign the White-Gold Concordat or get completely obliterated by the Dominion and since it's human nature to stay alive I think the option to be taken was obvious. Fourthly it mention the Empire betrayed their ideals, well get this so did Ulfric twice, once when he betrayed the Imperial Legion and twice when he betrayed The Way of the Voice. Fifth the person who wrote it seems to hold it against the entire Imperial Legion for being sent to the block rather than the captain who ordered him to the block that's just ridiculous. Sixth the person believes that Tullius doesn't understand the way Skyrim works, get this just because you're an outsider doesn't mean you can't understand another's ideals and way of life and since Tullius' character isn't really discussed in depth we don't know what he does or doesn't understand and it doesn't mention that even if he doesn't understand the Nord way of life that's why his second in command ''does. ''Seventh the section titled Honor and Patriotism, the Stormcloaks may be patriotic as Nords but they take it too damn far by essentially alienating all other races. Eighth the author doesn't seem to realize that Ulfric would be constantly antagonizing the Dominion with his worship of Talos and therefore would only increase the threat of a Dominion invasion as Sgt. S.S. has done before to quote Boris Vorshevsky from Modern Warfare 3 "We destroy our enemies when we make friends with them" this justifies the Empire's passiveness to the Dominion. Nineth the author doesn't take into account that in the end Ulfric may only care about Ulfric hell even the Jarl of Riften Laila Law-Giver thinks so, she even says that Ulfric may only covet the High King's throne and that should he get that position it may not be the utopia people expect it to be. Tenth the author claims that Vignar Gray-Mane being Jarl is a good thing, I beg to differ if he becomes Jarl then the Battle-Borns get bullied frequently and robbed twice and it doesn't take an IQ of 200 to figure out why. Eleventh "Lineage of the Dragonborn" really? So basically the author of this article thinks that you should take the throne by force and make yourself as bad as any other dictator that rose to power by killing his/her superiors? Twelveth it claims that their racism is justified and shouldn't be counted as a con? BS racism in any capacity is never justified. Thirteenth it consoles all of the horrible things the Ulfric has done and even seems to undermine some of them. Lastly the conclusion is complete BS and is so obviously weighted heavy in favor of the Stormcloaks. I don't want any discussion with this I just wanted to point out the flaws in this article which invalidate it.