I know how it feels to be the under dogs. I know how it feels to have your rights be taken away by a corrupted government.
Off topic: But I found that pretty interesting. I couldn't tell from your profile, but Which country are you from?
Their is absolutely no harm for worshiping Talos yet in order for the Emperor to keep his throne he sold
skyrim and their people out to the elves. Its the Empires fault for the Thalmor mess in
Skyrim.
..however on the Flip side of this, It could be seen that it's the Thalmor's fault for the Empires mess.
If you talk to Alvor in the beginning of the game (who is Hadvor's Uncle) about the Civil War, he says something to the effect of "We all hated the Treaty, but atleast we didn't get any flak from anything from Worshiping Talos anyways.... Until Ulfric started pushing people around and Causing crap" (That's not an actual quote btw lol). It's evident that NO one liked the Treaty except for the Thalmor, but Life in Tamerial would have been alot worse at that moment in time if they didn't do it. But that time has passed and I think that is what Ulfric's main motivation is.
The Stormcloaks caused the civil war, make no doubt about that, and the Thalmor arrived in Skyrim because of it to protect their intrests as well as "enforce" them. I do think it's wrong that the Whole thing was a badly played game of Jenga, but you have to ask if that makes it right for someone like Ulfric to yank the wrong wood chip out of it.
Base on what I heard from this scene is that the empire is desperate for recruitments. Perhaps karma is finally biting them in the ass after what they done to their very own people that they're suppose to protect? .
See, I see it more that Skyrim is just going to hell. Also, like I said above, the Rebellion was started by the Stormcloaks, and the empire has to come into a Civil war. It's everything the Thalmor wanted and more when you look below the surface.
Ugh I can't get the file for some reason
Interesting about General Tullius though (and Rikke), he is the one character I've found that lets alot out about what is really going on instead of it all just being a big "We are Opressing the People of Skyrim because they are nerds" or something. At the End of the Stormcloak Civil War questline he says before he dies
"You guys should know that we aren't the bad guys",
Ulfric says: "Perhaps not but your not the good guys either"
Tullius: "Well then what does that Make you?"
That little dialogue said alot. Then Galmar says "You just said it, It makes us Right!".
It's a great quote because that means that both sides are right in there pursuits but they are bound by their own beliefs to do the wrong thing in a Thalmor infested world.
Also, when you win on the Empire side, Tullius's last words to you are an indication that the Empire is probably finally going to sunder it's ties with the Thalmor in the intrest of Skyrim, if the Thalmor don't do it first.
(GOD I want a Thalmor Expansion!)
I really don't side with either because I love both. (and the fact that the quest "Season Unending" is MEGA EPIC if you don't side with anyone). I do tend to favor the Empire alittle bit, but only because I'm a fan of the TES way before Skyrim..... (all those games where you are fighting to "preserve" the Empire instead of defeating it) so it's habit perhaps if anything, and I get the Stormcloaks motivation well.
I know alot of people love the Stormcloaks more because they were almost beheaded by them at the begginng of the game, but I really think that is a ruse to get people picking sides, and it seems to have worked great. I think the writing for Skryim is probably the best in the series so far.