User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-99.28.126.64-20130710082807/@comment-173.189.226.24-20130713185529

The fact that prior to Ulfric's little escapades none of the Jarls had much reason to elect someone else adds credence to my "they were just being unoriginal" belief.

Uh, no, they are a separate people, both biologically and culturally, so no, not just semantics, and possibly a bit racist. Like saying the difference between Polar Bears and Grizzly Bears is just semantics since they're both bears.

Last I recall the Empire had control of Solsthiem, which seems reasonable to believe that the High King had the authority to give it to them. And like I said, the Dunmer were in a bad situation, he was likely being charitable, and why the Argonians? They already got their revenge, no need to give it to them. I already said said the whether the Dunmer got what was coming to them or not is beside the point. And the Argonians could have shown they were the bigger man by helping the Dunmer in their time of need instead of pursuing the whole "an eye for an eye" mindset. All that they accomplished is straining relations even further and if anything turn themselves into what they hated. After all, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". And coming from you, other Anon, if you're the same person I think you are, it seems strange that you talk of how bad slavery is while the Nords are basically doing that to the Reachmen. Just seems a little hypocritical is all. Especially considering the Dunmer themselves abolished slavery, making the Argonians look slightly petty considering they attacked after the situation was resolved.

And there you go and prove my point, Solstheim belonged to Skyrim, ergo they had the freedom to give it to the Dunmer or not, and they chose the latter. And besides, the Dunmer have so far treated Solstheim with respect, they haven't pushed the Skaal out, they only have one settlement, and that's only in the region where there's ash, and the Skaal don't seem to have any resentment towards the Dunmer, if anything they seem happy that the Dunmer brought with them creatures like netch so they can fight it not caring if they live or die, I see that as stupid, but I'm not going to judge.